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
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January 23, 2012
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Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence.
In this case, the Supreme Court reversed a first degree murder conviction after finding, by an 8-to-1 vote, that New Orleans prosecutors had withheld material exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). The majority’s opinion is also another stinging indictment of a pattern of …
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