Allen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. “When the discovery violations are flagrant, such as being designed to conceal a plan to present fabricated testimony or being willful and motivated by a desire to obtain a tactical advantage, then the preclusion sanction could be entirely appropriate and consistent with the purposes of the compulsory process clause. Petitioners have not established that, by imposing the sanction, Respondent has exercised power unauthorized by law or that Petitioners’ remedies on appeal are not adequate and appropriate. Rule 10.6(A), supra. They have not established that their witnesses, precluded from testifying, are material or that their case has been substantially prejudiced by the discovery sanction, (citation omitted) Moreover, from the facts developed at this point in the case, this Court is unable to determine that the preclusion sanction is not appropriate, (citation omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Short v. State