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Connick v. Thompson Encore

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What Happens at the Robbery Trial?

John Thompson is already in jail for the murder, you'll remember, along with Kevin Freeman. And now prosecutors are able to pin this robbery on him based on the kids saying John Thompson is the one who robbed us. Even though the robbery happened after the murder, the DA's office decides to try Mr. Thompson for the robbery first so they can leverage the robbery conviction against him during the murder trial. This is a multi-layered violation of Brady, right? Prosecutors first did not disclose the existence of potentially exculpatory evidence. Then after they didn't disclose the test results, which were also exculpatory,. Right? So at the trial for robbery, the prosecutors didn't present

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