578 F. Supp. 2d 849 - Richards v. Quarterman’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Williams v. Taylor · Townsend v. Sain · Lockhart v. Fretwell · Bell Warden v. Cone
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“[Davis] did not present important exculpatory evidence in the form of statements made by Baker before his death concerning the events that led to his death. Had she presented that evidence, or allowed it to be presented, the jury would have heard evidence that directly contradicted the testimony the jury heard from persons who said they were eye witnesses to an assault by Richards on Baker that the State claimed caused Baker’s death. The jury would have known that Baker told two people that a person by the name of Ron was the principal assailant. Through that exculpatory evidence, Davis could have made plausible arguments that, even though Richards hit Baker, others also hit him, and that the conduct of the others occurred sometime after the altercation between Richards and Baker and led to Baker’s death. Those arguments would have been consistent with a self-defense theory and an alternative contention that, at most, Richards was guilty of an assault offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Apparently recognizing the significance of Davis’s failure to present this exculpatory evidence, or even to allow it to be presented when the prosecutor attempted to do so, Davis strived at the July 21-22 hearing to create the appearance of a strategic reason why she kept the exculpatory evidence from the jury. In the process, Davis has engaged in what might best be described as legal prestidigitation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“mid-trial (when Richards’s brother testified that Richards told him that he had hit Baker with a rock) Richards consistently had maintained that he had not hit Baker,” in fact,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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