· 3/19/2024
State v. McLawhon
Syllabus
statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, sexual act by a substitute parent or custodian, indecent liberties with a child, plain error, testimony, pre-arrest silence, cross-examination
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “[e]vidence qualifies as material when there is any reasonable likelihood it could have affected the judgment of the jury”
- holding that a witness’s inconsistent statements were subject to disclosure notwithstanding government’s “argument ... that the jury could have disbelieved [the] undisclosed statements”
- holding that, where an eyewitness’s “testimony was the only evidence linking [the defendant] to the crime,” the eyewitness’s undisclosed prior inconsistent statements “were plainly material”
- holding that notes from the investigating investigator that the only eyewitness could not describe the perpetrator was material
- holding that notes from the investigating investigator that the only eyewitness could not describe the perpetrator was material
- holding that notes from the investigating investigator that the only eyewitness could not describe the perpetrator was material
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