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First look at the next edition

By cdw

As usually happens around here on a Sunday night, a first look at the cases in the next edition: In Favor of the Accused or Condemned Jason Michael Sharp v. State, 2011 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 12 (Ala. Crim. App. Feb. 25, 2011) ?[T]he State exercised its peremptory strikes in a discriminatory manner against African-Americans, in violation of Batson. Therefore, Sharp is entitled to a new trial.? In Favor of the Prosecution or Warden Milo A. Rose v. Sec.DoC., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 4093 (11th Cir Mar 4, 2011) Relief denied on IAC related claims. ?[H]ere the new mitigation is simply an extension of what the jury had heard, which is critically different from the above cases, in which  the new mitigation was not only powerful, but of a type that counsel did not present in the penalty phase at all...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 06, 2011 (boomark / email).