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30 Sep 2014, 6:37 am
" It reminds me of debates surrounding the newly implemented Michael Morton Act in Texas, which bolstered defense counsel's access to prosecutors' files. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 11:06 am
Texas’ Michael Morton Act In Texas, the Michael Morton Act also makes it a legal requirement that state attorneys produce their evidence, good and bad for their case, to the criminal defense lawyers they will be facing in court. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 7:00 pm
I think prosecutor accountability is a big issue because former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson - who sent Michael Morton to prison for a quarter century for a murder he didn't commit - is still sitting on a bench, wearing a judge's robe, hearing cases.It's a big issue because the former district attorney, John Bradley - who fought the DNA testing that finally exonerated Morton - is still giving talks and applying for state jobs. [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 9:03 am
Michael Morton was eventually freed. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 8:18 am
The Michael Mortons of the world deserve better. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 9:43 am
Austin police "doctored" a forensics report to try to get Norwood - now the prime suspect in the Christine Morton murder case for which her husband, Michael was falsely convicted and spent 25 years in prison - to confess to murdering Baker, reports Tony Plohetski this morning in the Austin Statesman ("Austin police use of doctored DNA report in interrogation raises questions," Jan. 29):As his defense lawyers were working to free Michael Morton… [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 7:16 am
The suit was initially filed by five of the officers suspended in connection with the 2011 fight, Biazzo, Killion, Foster, Kouvatas and Hertline, as well as officers Erik Morton and Mark Bristow. [read post]
19 Feb 2024, 5:01 am
Most of the article criticized the Williamson County District Attorney's office, where Coleman previously worked, for its involvement in the infamous wrongful conviction of Michael Morton. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 7:47 am
” Earlier coverage of the Michael Morton case is at the link. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 9:04 am
The reason for my current rant is the recent developments in the case of Michael Morton, who has maintained his innocence for years. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 4:48 pm
At the Law Office of Michael Guisti our experienced Santa Ana criminal defense attorney has spent years defending defendant's complex white collar crime charges. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 6:36 am
" The Michael Morton Act resolved some, but not all, of the discovery problems in Texas, it should be said. [read post]
5 May 2013, 9:16 am
Charges against Williamson County District Judge Ken Anderson following the court of inquiry in the Michael Morton case aren't the only recent example of a former District Attorney coming under indictment for alleged prosecutorial misconduct. [read post]
11 Jul 2014, 12:15 pm
Two important books about Texas innocence cases were published this week.Texas Monthly's Pam Colloff has published some excerpts from Michael Morton's new autobiography titled "Getting Life," which came out Tuesday. [read post]
13 Sep 2014, 3:06 pm
”The two jail informants have now told the defense attorneys their testimony was false, the filing says.The Michael Morton Act passed in 2013 required prosecutors to make such evidence available to the defense before trial, but clearly to deal with older cases there should probably be some sort of post-conviction discovery available in habeas proceedings. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 7:18 am
A jury awarded the man $2.3 million, but the Fifth Circuit threw that out, insisting the state did no wrong because the prosecutor had no obligation to inform the defendant at the time he pled that the government was in possession of video showing he was innocent.FWIW, in state-court cases in Texas, the Michael Morton Act now does require prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence if the defense requests it, even in the pretrial phase of the prosecution. [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 6:00 am
Laura KalmanFor the Symposium on Michael Klarman, The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution. [read post]
16 Nov 2013, 5:14 am
The main difference will be that, until the Legislature changed the law in 2011 (SB 122 by Ellis), DAs could prevent DNA testing in old cases if they chose, just as Williamson County DA John Bradley thwarted testing in the Michael Morton case for many years simply by objecting. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 6:53 am
Before passage of the Michael Morton Act, this was actually a fairly common contention among Texas prosecutors, at least of the more aggressive sort. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 5:51 am
Seems like the wrong message.The misdemeanor chief who authorized the memos, Richard Alpert, who is an appointee to the statewide Texas Forensic Science Commission, was demoted over the episode - for either not monitoring the contents of the memos (the stated reason) or for recording such opinions in the first place (a reasonable subtext) - and no longer manages other employees.Grits continues to believe that access to documents about law enforcement misconduct for impeachment purposes will be the… [read post]
