Defendant was convicted of various offenses related to her theft of funds from a medical practice for which defendant served as bookkeeper. On appeal, defendant argued that the district court erred by excluding exculpatory evidence in the form of the ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law exculpatory evidence Theft of Entrusted Funds Victim’s Destruction of Records

Roberts v. State (MLW No. 69837/Case No. WD79082 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law effectiveness of counsel exculpatory evidence Post-Conviction Relief

Where a sheriff admitted that the murder victim contacted him several times about her estranged husband but failed to state it was five to 15 times and the defense attorney knew before his client’s trial that the murder victim had ...

Tagged with: civil rights exculpatory evidence Section 1983

Masten v. U.S. (MLW No. 66453/Case No. 12-3495 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

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U.S. v. Spencer (MLW No. 66432/Case No. 13-3004 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law exculpatory evidence Prejudice

State v. Eisenhour (MLW No. 65644/Case No. SD32441 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)

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State ex rel. Mark Woodworth v. Denney (MLW No. 64515/Case No. SC91021 – 31 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; Teitelman, C.J., Russell, Breckenridge, Fischer and Draper, JJ., concur. Wilson, J., not participating)

Tagged with: Brady violation Criminal Law exculpatory evidence murder

Armstrong v. Hobbs (MLW No. 63055/Case No. 11-1049 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law exculpatory evidence Habeas Relief Melloy

Second-Degree Murder Exculpatory Evidence Effectiveness Of Counsel Where the record supported a ruling by the trial court in a second-degree murder case that the state did not suppress a police report, the defendant was not entitled to a new trial ...

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