Sneak peek at the next edition
As usually happens during Christmas week, new postings here and new opinions have been relatively light.
- Zachary Wilson v. Beard, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 28244 (3rd Cir 12/23/2009) The prosecution failed to turn over large amounts of impeachment evidence at trial. As often happens those documents subsequently surfaced. Thedistrict court granted relief under Brady as the evidence critically undermined the Commonwealth’s chief witnesses.
- People v. Keith Taylor, 2009 Cal. LEXIS 13168 (Ca 12/24/2009) Relief denied on a grab bag of claims. Case is perhaps most noteworthy for its docket sheet and counsel’s ability, both for the People and the Defense, to get extensions granted by the Court for briefing. (still working through the opinion)
Note that there was a large number opinions that didn’t get posted to Lexis & Westlaw until after the last edition for the week of December 14, 2009. Those opinions are still being worked through and will go out in this week’s edition.
