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Presented by Eric Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Chief of Felony Trial Division, Harris County Public Defender (TX); and Karen Smolar, Trial Chief, Bronx Defenders
Advanced Skills in Sexual Assault Defense Indianapolis, IN | 2018 | Grant-Funded Public Defense Training
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence.
Prosecutorial misconduct leads to vacated convictions and dismissed charges.
Defendant sought new trial or an order vacating convictions and dismissing the charges with prejudice on the basis that the prosecutor interfered with a defense witness's decision to testify. The Court grants Defendant's motion and vacates the convictions.
The president and members of Congress have started to criticize the use of cooperating witnesses. Defense lawyers have an opportunity to identify skeptical jurors who do not believe anything that cooperating witnesses say and to mount attacks on these witnesses in every case.
