Showing posts with label Discovery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Discovery. Show all posts
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Fifth Circuit: Prosecutors needn't disclose evidence of innocence before plea deals

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The Fifth Circuit ruled  in a Texas case that the constitutional requirement that prosecutors disclose exculpatory evidence under Brady v. M...
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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Two Big-D capital-murder cases overturned for prosecutor misconduct

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Stanley Mozee and Dennis Allen, two Dallas men convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life prison for a 1999 robbery, have finally bee...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015

MMA Growing Pains

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Texas is closing in on the end of its second year of living with meaningful criminal discovery via the Michael Morton Act ("MMA")....
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Sunday, August 09, 2015

Emerging issues with the Michael Morton Act: A GFB podcast

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Before leaving on vacation, your correspondent conducted an interview with Amanda Marzullo, Policy Director for the Texas Defender Service, ...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Report: Emerging issues with the Michael Morton Act

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In mid-session, the Texas Defender Service and Texas Appleseed came out with a joint report titled, " Towards More Transparent Justice:...
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Sunday, December 28, 2014

John Wiley Price discovery measured in terabytes, and other stories

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Here are a few items which failed to make it into independent posts over the holiday but deserve Grits readers' attention: Violence, n...
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Prosecutor's jeremiad against open-file law met with uncomfortable silence

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Several days ago on the Texas District and County Attorneys Association user forum, prosecutor Terry Breen from Goliad suggested that, alth...
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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Prosecutors withheld evidence in shaky Dallas murder convictions

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Two Dallas men convicted of the 1999 murder of a Dallas pastor are seeking to be declared innocent, or at least receive a new trial, "o...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Paul Kennedy on Michael Morton Act waivers

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Houston criminal defense lawyer Paul Kennedy provided ground-level perspective on the Michael Morton Act waivers defense counsel are being ...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Some prosecutors demanding waivers from defense before handing over Michael Morton Act discovery

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Since Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Barbara Hervey's Criminal Justice Integrity Unit announced it will address issues raised by stake...
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Sunday, June 08, 2014

Listen to CCA's latest integrity unit meeting, CLE for police

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Here are a couple of notable resources from the website of the Court of Criminal Appeals' Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit: TCJI...
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Thursday, June 05, 2014

The Michael Morton Act five months in: Too much? Too little? Too soon to tell

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The Texas Tribune's Terri Langford last week had a brief overview (May 29) discussing implementation of the so-called Michael Morton A...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

CCA: 'Reckless,' 'negligent' prosecutors don't merit sanction by courts

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The prosecutors association's weekly case summary from last week includes this summary of a new case from the Texas Court of Criminal A...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

Prosecutors dissing the Michael Morton Act, and defending it

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At the Texas District and County Attorney Association's user forum, see 24th judicial district ADA Terry Breen's embittered critique...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Open-file discovery bill named after Michael Morton soon headed to Governor

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Find below the jump a press release from state Sen. Rodney Ellis hailing the passage of the so-called Michael Morton act requiring Texas pro...
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Open-file bill named for Michael Morton scheduled for Monday floor vote in TX House

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The one-sided criminal discovery bill requiring open files of prosecutors - SB 1611 by Duncan/Ellis , the so-called "Michael Morton Ac...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Discovery reform, innocence commission bills chugging along

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The House worked late and I didn't stay for the committee festivities, but it sounds like the hearing on the discovery bill in Judiciary...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Criminal discovery bill to be heard in Civil Jurisprudence Committee Monday

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I find it interesting that Sen. Rodney Ellis' SB 1611 - now a one-sided open-file bill for Texas prosecutors instead of a reciprocal di...
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Friday, April 12, 2013

Discovery reform passes Senate with defense bar on the sidelines

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The so-called "Michael Morton Act" ( SB 1611 ) related to discovery in criminal cases passed the Texas Senate yesterday. See mostl...
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Saturday, April 06, 2013

Gag order latest stumbling block on discovery reform

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From Shannon Edmonds' weekly TDCAA legislative update , Discovery reform is still reforming.   One thing that makes the Legislature en...
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