Madrigal v. Yates

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Despite [the alibi witness] being Petitioner’s brother, [the witness’s] testimony ... would have clearly undermined the prosecution’s relatively weak case against Petitioner.”
• “An attorney cannot make a reasonable assessment of a defense case without meeting the crucial exculpatory witness.” (emphasis added)
• “Only when you personally meet with the witness and review his testimony will you get a feel for the witness.... ” (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).