by Bert | Jun 26, 2017 | District of Columbia, The Open File Blog
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion in the consolidated cases of Turner v. United States and Overton v. United States last week. We covered the case details at length in an earlier post, here. The key legal issue—“the primary and dispositive question with...
by Alec | May 5, 2015 | District of Columbia, The Open File Blog
A little noted decision from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that the rule governing prosecutors’ ethical responsibility to disclose exculpatory evidence is significantly broader than the legal standard enshrined in the Brady line of cases. In In Re...
