All posts tagged "withholding evidence"
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6.0K2Federal LawUpdate: Texas Decides During Increased Inspection in 2020 to Quickly Pursue Prosecutor Rizzo in Alfred Brown Wrongful Conviction Case. It’s Not Authentic
Ex Texas prosecutor Daniel Rizzo faces a lawyer discipline lawsuit that alleged he withheld exculpatory evidence in the murder case of Alfred...
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5.7K1Appellate CircuitWho is Liar Lawyer Sabrina Rose-Smith of Goodwin Procter, LLP?
Sabrina Rose-Smith is a Member of Goodwin's Consumer Finance Litigation practice group, focusing on consumer lending and class action defense.
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3.8KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt Accuses Houston of Willfully and Maliciously Destroying Evidence
Houston city officials intentionally destroyed evidence, wiping crucial data from the computer drives of top police commanders that is potentially relevant to...
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2.6KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Hilda G. Tagle Halts Pending Execution of Inmate, Surprising Everyone Associated With the Case
Judge Tagle’s order notes that the attorney is no longer allowed to practice in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals because of...
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3.0KFederal Law
Update: Wrongfully Convicted Alfred Brown Was Denied Compensation by Texas; Now a Former Supreme Court Justice is Stepping In
A former Texas Supreme Court justice has joined the legal fight to help ex-death row inmate Alfred Brown get compensation for the...
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2.2KEditors ChoiceWhy Sweeping Attorney Immunity Laws are So Wrong: Prosecutors face disbarment and civil lawsuits for withholding evidence in widening Mass. drug lab scandal
As long as humans are allowed too much independence without auditing and control, then there will always be those that become bad...
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2.5KFederal LawReflecting on the Sebesta (DA) Case of Concealing Evidence to Obtain a False Verdict: The Practice is Still Rife in Texas Courts; from Criminal to Civil Cases.
Graves was sentenced to death in 1994 and close to execution twice. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Graves’ conviction...
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Using the Attorney Immunity and Client Privilege Doctrines, Lawyers Across Texas Hide Evidence that Would Protect Citizens from Wrongful Judgments. In this Case, the Small Matter of a Death Sentence Was at Stake
Rizzo was aware of exculpatory evidence and chose not to produce it to the defense and the court. This evidence ultimately was...
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4.1K1Deed of TrustTexas Lawyer Ethics Violation by William Allen Schultz, a Denton County Prosecutor who Failed to Disclose Favorable Evidence (Rule 3.04(a))
3.04 Fairness in Adjudicatory Proceedings. Rule 3.04(a), which precedes and bolsters Rule 3.09(d), provides that a lawyer shall not unlawfully obstruct another...
