Criminal Procedure — speedy trial — Confrontation Clause — ineffective assistance
2011AP38-CR, 2011AP39-CR State v. Jacobson
Does Confrontation Clause bar expert DNA testimony?
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have already looked at the issue of DNA evidence in criminal cases, with several rulings restricting prosecutors’ ability to admit such data without calling the lab analysts who prepared the tests to testify.
Are pretrial statements of brain-damaged witness admissible? Court of Appeals sides with prosecutors
Here’s an intriguing twist to the common Confrontation Clause scenarios that criminal defense attorneys grapple with every day.
Police misconduct not grounds for new trial
Despite evidence that the police withheld exculpatory evidence and witnesses were not truthful at trial, a state prisoner convicted in 1994 of sexual assault and attempted homicide will not get a new trial.
Criminal Procedure – Ineffective assistance – Confrontation Clause
2010AP2091-CR State v. Torres
BLAWG LOG: Papke on the Anthony verdict; Federal Evidence Review on the Confrontation Clause
I don’t know if Casey Anthony killed her daughter or not, but I am confident that primetime television drama helped her to walk.
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