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Midweek catch-up

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

A number of stories we?ve either missed or that have been developing in recent days On Monday, the Third Circuit in James Lambert v. Beard granted relief on Brady grounds.  The Commonwealth apparently conceded that at trial counse failed to disclose evidence that the lynchpin witness of the prosecution initially indicated someone other than Mr. Lambert committed the offense. The panel concludes that on the facts of this case, the suppressed evidence was both exculpatory and material. On Monday an intermediate Florida appellate court granted relief in a funding dispute, Criminal Specialist  Investigators, Inc. v. State, holding that the trial court failed to adequately weigh the importance of the role mitigation experts play in capital cases in denying services...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 08, 2011 (boomark / email).