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IN: Former Deputy Prosecutor Trista Hudson Suspended for 18 Months

IN: Former Deputy Prosecutor Trista Hudson Suspended for 18 Months

by Bert | Sep 27, 2018 | Indiana

A bit of good news on the accountability front emerged late last month out of Indiana. The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission recently handed down an order suspending former Porter County deputy prosecutor Trista Hudson from the state bar following...
IN: Seventh Circuit Reverses Death Sentence Due to Misconduct

IN: Seventh Circuit Reverses Death Sentence Due to Misconduct

by Bert | Jan 25, 2018 | Indiana

Two weeks ago, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the death sentence of Frederick Michael Baer, who was found guilty of killing a young mother and her daughter in Madison County, Indiana. The court held that Madison County’s elected District Attorney,...
IN: State Appeals Court Finds Prosecutor Stepped Over the Line in Closing Arguments

IN: State Appeals Court Finds Prosecutor Stepped Over the Line in Closing Arguments

by Bert | Jul 28, 2016 | Indiana

The Indiana Court of Appeals last week affirmed a man’s attempted rape conviction but also took the unusual step of reprimanding an overzealous prosecutor at the same time. The case arose from Delaware County, Indiana. In his closing arguments at the trial of Santiago...
IN: Finding Prosecutor Knowingly Solicited Perjury, Appeals Court Reverses Burglary Conviction

IN: Finding Prosecutor Knowingly Solicited Perjury, Appeals Court Reverses Burglary Conviction

by Alec | Dec 2, 2014 | Indiana, The Open File Blog

Rebuking a remarkable act of prosecutorial legerdemain, the Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed the burglary conviction of a St. Joseph County man, holding that “the State knowingly proffered perjured testimony” from his ex-girlfriend, who had earlier pled guilty as...
Marion County, IN: 22 Cases of Prosecutorial Misconduct in Two & 1/2 Years

Marion County, IN: 22 Cases of Prosecutorial Misconduct in Two & 1/2 Years

by OpenFile | Jul 25, 2014 | Indiana, The Open File Blog

“Prosecutorial misconduct is far too common in Marion County,” writes Indiana University law professor Joel Schumm in a recent post for Indiana Law Blog, “…what is lost in the Ryan opinion — and most other opinions involving prosecutorial...
Run of Recent Cases in HI, IN and Washington D.C. Involve Late Disclosure by Prosecutors

Run of Recent Cases in HI, IN and Washington D.C. Involve Late Disclosure by Prosecutors

by OpenFile | Apr 15, 2014 | District of Columbia, Hawaii, Indiana, The Open File Blog

The late disclosure of favorable evidence by prosecutors has been the theme in a number of recent cases out of Hawaii, Indiana and Washington D.C. In some of these cases, exculpatory evidence was withheld until the eve of trial; in another, impeaching evidence...
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