Friday, March 9, 2018

The DCCA holds that whether trial counsel would have presented suppressed, favorable evidence is irrelevant under Brady, but finds no Brady violation on the facts presented.

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Andrews v. United States (decided February 22, 2018) Players: Chief Judge Blackburne-Rigsby, Senior Judges Washington and Steadma...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Multiple Shootings, Mutliple Defendants, Multiple Issues Leads to Affirmance in South Capitol Street Case

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Bost et al. v. United States (decided February 15, 2018) Players : Chief Judge Blackburne-Rigsby, Associate Judge Fisher, and Senior Ju...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Court rules DNA testing problems at DFS not enough for new trial

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Barber v. United States (decided March 1, 2018) Players: Chief Judge Blackburne-Rigsby, Associate Judge Glickman, Senior Judge Pryor. ...
Friday, January 5, 2018

ICYMI: the OAG may not prosecute voyeurism.

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In re Perrow (decided Nov. 9, 2017) Players: Chief Judge Blackburne-Rigsby. Associate Judges Glickman and Thompson. Opinion by Chief J...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Convictions reversed based on erroneous introduction of physical evidence without proper foundation

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Smith v. United States (decided December 28, 2017) Players: Associate Judges Thompson and Beckwith. Senior Judge Farrell. Opinion for ...
Friday, December 22, 2017

Convictions set-aside under the Youth Rehabilitation Act may still trigger repeat-offender sentencing enhancement.

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(Singer/Songwriter Richard Marx of “Repeat Offender” Fame) Wade v. United States  (decided November 16, 2017) Players: Associate Jud...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Using flame to repel a trespasser is not necessarily unreasonable.

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Jones v. United States (decided November 9, 2017) Players: Associate Judges Glickman and Easterly. Senior Judge Pryor. Opinion by Ju...