Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana

Duncan, Calvin v. Burl Cain (2008)

Court: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, Louisiana

Counsel: Innocence Network

Case Number: 290-908-G

Position: Arguing that eyewitness ID was flawed and should not be the basis for denying postconviction relief.

Issues: Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing; Actual Innocence; Compensation; Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations; Eyewitness Identification; False Confessions; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Informant Testimony; New Evidence of Innocence; Other Issues; Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct; Unreliable Forensic Science

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