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Smith v. Cain, No. 10-8145 (U.S. Supreme Court) (565 U.S. 73; 132 S.Ct. 627) (January 10, 2012) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)

Loaded on Jan. 23, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists January 23, 2012
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence.

Here the Court reversed a murder conviction because the New Orleans prosecutors withheld materal exclupatory evidence; but the decision is noted for Justice Thomas' astonishing dissent in which he recreated the evidence to reach a different result.

In this case, the Supreme Court reversed a first degree murder conviction after ...

 

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