Prof. @UMichLaw (criminal procedure, evidence, habeas corpus); Trial/Appellate Public Defender; Director, MDefenders Program/Public Defender Training Institute
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joined November 2015
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Check out this incredible new MDefenders resource designed to help public defenders bring social science into criminal courtrooms. Data for Defenders collects cutting-edge social science research and helps defenders incorporate it into their advocacy: datafordefenders.org/
Attn: @UMichLaw and @MDefendersMLaw is hiring a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law/Associate Director for the new MDefenders Center for Public Defense. Job posting here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail…. Come work w/me to train the next generation of public defenders!
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Listen: @chesaboudin, Executive Director of @BerkeleyLawCLJC joined the Public Defenseless podcast to discuss a new commission in California: apple.co/4yH7z2a
@PDefenselessPod
Just posted new article challenging the idea that public defense must choose b/t "vertical" representation (same attny handles a case from initial appearance to disposition) & "horizontal" representation (diff attnys handle diff stages of same case) 🧵/1 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Many thanks to the public defenders at different offices around the country who were willing to speak to me about the structure of their indigent defense delivery systems and to the scholars who gave me feedback on earlier drafts. /8
The article is called "Beyond the Horizontal-Vertical Divide: The Case for Team-Based Representation in Public Defense. It is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…. All comments and thoughts are welcome! /end
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A judge sentences a former forensic analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to 10 years in prison after authorities say her manipulation of DNA data raised questions about the validity of hundreds of criminal cases. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/col…
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An amazing Public Defender Training Institute Retreat this weekend preparing students for careers in indigent defense. Thank you to Rick Barinbaum, Saeeda Joseph-Charles, Blase Kearney, & Anna Yaldo, for sharing your time, wisdom & thoughtful feedback.
michigan.law.umich.edu/publi…
I am so thrilled to announce that MDefenders has received this grant. We are very excited about what this funding will do to enable us to grow and expand. Go Blue!
A national hub for education, research, & policy engagement, MDefenders Ctr for Public Defense will train public defenders while strengthening indigent defense across the U.S. #LookToMichigan. Thanks to @UMich & @UMichLaw for believing in us! michigan.law.umich.edu/news/…
Attention @UMichLaw students: if you are interested in public defense or criminal legal system reform, please check out the MDefenders calendar of events below and join us!
As we head into classes @UMichLaw, MDefenders is excited to announce its fall calendar of events: docs.google.com/document/d/1… For more information about MDefenders: michigan.law.umich.edu/mdefe…
@UMichLaw 1Ls interested in joining our listserv, email us at [email protected]!
So it is Orientation week @UMichLaw, and I have the pleasure and honor of leading one of this year's initial sessions on how to prepare for law school classes. I can't wait to meet all of the incoming 1Ls and talk to them about the three-year journey ahead.
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Last month, Michigan's highest court ruled that sentencing a youthful offender convicted of second-degree murder to 50 to 75 years in prison is "cruel or unusual punishment" that violates the state's constitution.
eji.org/news/michigan-suprem…
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Although asking a person for ID does not trigger a 4th Amendment seizure, an officer telling a person who has refused the request that the officer is making a lawful order requiring the person to hand over the ID *does* trigger a seizure, CA2 holds.
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisio… #N
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Divided 4th Circuit: The warrant to search a house was so lacking in probable cause here—as it failed to show a nexus between the drug activity and this home—that the good faith exception does not apply. Per Benjamin w/Gregory; Heytens dissents.
ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/22… #N
