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Second Circuit Declares Police Firearms Examiners Subject to Brady, Examiner Who Failed to Disclose Exculpatory Ballistics Report Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2021
by Douglas Ankney
published in Criminal Legal News
January, 2022, page 34
Filed under:
Opinions and Expert Testimony,
Immunity - Absolute and Qualified,
Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
Location:
Connecticut.
by Douglas Ankney
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut that held police forensic firearms examiner James Stephenson was not entitled to qualified immunity in a suit alleging he withheld exculpatory ballistics reports in violation ...
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