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prosecutor misconduct
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Roman Polanski Rep Says Justice Has Already Been Served”
Main September 29, 2009"Roman Polanski Rep Says Justice Has Already Been Served" The title of this post is the headline of this new ABC News piece concerning a famous old…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Prosecutors Defend False Testimony as ‘Truthful, but Inaccurate'”
Main September 23, 2009"Prosecutors Defend False Testimony as 'Truthful, but Inaccurate'" The title of this post is the headline of this new article in the National Law Journal. Here is…
InsureReinsure
Ninth Circuit Reverses Reyes’ Conviction for Options Backdating
As previously reported, here, on August 8, 2007, a jury convicted ex-Brocade CEO Greg Reyes for violating federal securities laws by failing to properly account for backdated options. On August…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal prosecutors again found to have committed severe misconduct
Main August 29, 2009Federal prosecutors again found to have committed severe misconductThis article from the Chicago Tribune, headlined "Prosecutorial misconduct seen in drug trial: Witness allowed to testify falsely, federal…
Legal Profession Blog
Serious Sanction Proposed For Prosecutorial Misconduct
A District of Columbia hearing committee has filed its report in a high-profile bar discipline case against a former prosecutor. The National Law Journal reports:A former federal prosecutor in Washington…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another notable reversal of a high-profile, white-collar conviction
Main August 18, 2009Another notable reversal of a high-profile, white-collar convictionThough only a little bit of a sentencing story, all white-collar crime folks should be interested in this news out…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Reyes Conviction Overturned By Ninth Circuit
By Ellen Podgor
Former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems, Gregory Reyes, had his convictions overturned by the the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The court reversed Reyes' conviction "because of prosecutorial misconduct in…
The Contingency
Fifth Circuit Splits; Judge Barksdale Steps Aside
5 + 11 = Former Fifh Circuit. The Fifth Circuit once ran from El Paso to Palm Beach Shores. On October 1, 1981, Congress sliced off Alabama, Georgia, and Florida and…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
I’ll Dismiss Yours If You Dismiss Mine: Innovative Negotiating Tactics
This excerpt from the ABA Journal speaks for itself, so I’ll just file it in the “don’t try this at home” category, and move on: A lawyer says his letter…
Legal Profession Blog
Improper Remarks No Basis For Reversal
The Delaware Supreme Court found that a prosecutor had crossed the line into improper closing argument by mocking the defendant's testimony as "ridiculous," "cute," and a "sales pitch" but declined to…