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Prosecutors Fail to Disclose Machete to Defense Until Trial; No Problem Say Texas Courts

Prosecutors Fail to Disclose Machete to Defense Until Trial; No Problem Say Texas Courts

by Sophie | May 5, 2014 | Texas, The Open File Blog

Harris County Assistant Public Defender Craig Still must have done a double-take when he noticed a machete lying next to evidence that the prosecution intended to introduce at his client’s aggravated robbery trial. A jury had been impaneled to hear State of Texas v....
Prosecutor Knowingly Elicits False Testimony, Robbery Conviction Thrown Out

Prosecutor Knowingly Elicits False Testimony, Robbery Conviction Thrown Out

by Jane | Sep 23, 2013 | California, The Open File Blog

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says that a California prosecutor committed “textbook prosecutorial misconduct” when she elicited testimony from a state witness that she knew to be false, and then used it against the defendant in argument to the...

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