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Fourth Circuit Vacates Brady Claim Denial in Capital Case and Rebukes Prosecutors
Loaded on Jan. 19, 2018
by Richard Resch
published in Criminal Legal News
February, 2018, page 32
Filed under:
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Malicious Prosecution,
Criminal Prosecution,
Prosecutors,
Death Penalty.
Location:
Virginia.
by Richard Resch
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia abused its discretion in dismissing Anthony Juniper’s Brady claim without holding an evidentiary hearing.
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