709 F. Supp. 2d 368 - Schneyder v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[There was] deposition testimony: (1) that the duty to notify Judge Means of a trial continuance did not rest [on] the Sheriffs Office, the Philadelphia prison system, or the court administration; (2) from Public Defender Paul Conway that defendant “was the only one that ha[d] the information that [Judge Means] needed for him to make the decision” on plaintiffs continued detention; (3) from court personnel working in the chambers of Judges Poserina 19 and Means that defendant’s failure to notify Judge Means would not comport with their understanding of usual court practice and procedure; and (4) that following the release of Korvel Odd on January 13, 2005 — who was kept in custody for 37 days after the criminal case for which he was detained as a material witness was dismissed — assistant district attorneys were briefed on safeguards to ensure that no material witnesses were detained improperly. These safeguards included centralizing procedures that required assistant district attorneys to seek a supervisor’s approval of a material witness petition before presenting it to the judge; to present the petition to the judge assigned to the underlying criminal case; and to monitor the status of witnesses through the computer system to ensure that they were released promptly. Both Homicide Unit Chief Edward McCann and his assistant, Ann Ponterio, agreed that they “indicated to the unit” in January 2005 “that when a witness is in custody and a case is either over, or is continued, or”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schneyder v. Smith

2. “I only intend to keep you on this bail until you testify or the trial is concluded if you did have it on February 2nd and the Commonwealth says, we don’t need you anymore, we’re done with you, okay, then I will want them to come back to me and say, look, we don’t have any need for her. If they make a decision at some point on January 31st, we changed our mind, we don’t even need this lady, come back to me so I can bring her down and remove this.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schneyder v. Smith