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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

This week’s edition is now available: This last of August edition sees no appellate “defense wins.” Two federal district court success stories are, however, noted.  In the Eastern District of Michigan, a jury sentenced   Timothy O?Reilly, to life despite during the guilt it having convicted him of murdering an armored car guard during a robbery. In Lubbock, Texas, local press accounts note, “[a] federal judge this week overturned Michael Yowell?s 1999 death sentence, citing ineffective assistance of trial counsel and error by the trial court” as trial counsel “failed to present mitigation evidence during the punishment phase, and Darnell barred a mental health expert from interpreting medical records.” In the news North Carolina “Judge Forrest Bridges ruled this [week] that Demeatrius Montgomery should not face the death penalty because of a detective?s misconduct during the investigation into the 2007 killings of two Charlotte police officers;” we’re looking for pleadings to share...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on August 31, 2010 (boomark / email).