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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Cases since the last edition will include: In favor of the Accused or Condemned Charles Ray Crawford v. Epps, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 26243 (5th Cir 12/2/2009) (unpublished) ‘[W]e grant Crawford a COA on his claim that he was subjected to a psychiatric evaluation of his competency without the benefit of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. To permit the district court an opportunity to develop the record, if necessary, and reconsider the merits of Crawford’s claim, we vacate that portion of its order denying relief on this basis and remand for further proceedings.” Mark Gill v. State, 2009 Mo. LEXIS 540 (Mo 12/1/2009) “Although a victim’s character is not typically an issue, when the State introduced evidence of the victim’s good character in the penalty phase, Gill’s counsel should have rebutted the State’s good character evidence with the sexually explicit contents of the victim’s computer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 07, 2009 (boomark / email).