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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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