by Bert | Jul 25, 2018 | Nevada
Imagine this scene: a defense lawyer drives over to the prosecutor’s office and hops out of the car with a couple of boxes in tow. He enters a conference room, sits down across from a prosecutor—with nobody else around—hands over all of the case files, and divulges to...
by Bert | Dec 18, 2017 | Nevada
The Constitution prohibits lawyers from excluding prospective jurors on the basis of race. This basic tenet of equal protection, enshrined in the famous case Batson v Kentucky (1986), may be unfamiliar to an entire prosecutors’ office in Clark County, Nevada. Looking...
by Bert | Jul 12, 2017 | Idaho, Nevada
Two recent decisions from courts in the western part of the country serve as a reminder that prosecutors sometimes push constitutional limits, particularly in cases with high-profile violent crimes. The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a death sentence...
by Alec | Nov 11, 2015 | Nevada, The Open File Blog
According to a new report from the Las Vegas Review Journal, the “culture of secrecy” and failure to turn over exculpatory evidence within the Clark County District Attorney’s office remains firmly in place a year after it was revealed that the...
by Alec | Oct 31, 2014 | Nevada, The Open File Blog
Another conviction in Clark County, this one for attempted murder, is being reviewed in light of allegations that prosecutors failed to turn over information regarding payments the state made to the only person who identified the defendant, Franklin Jackson, as the...
by OpenFile | Mar 3, 2014 | Nevada, The Open File Blog
A district court judge in Clark County has ruled that a murder defendant should receive a new trial because prosecutors misled the jury during trial by contending that the defendant’s actions showed consciousness of guilt. Prosecutors pointed to Mariann...
