U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Smith, Frederick J., In Re (2008)

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Counsel: Innocence Network, Innocence Project (by Wilmer Culter Pickering Hale and Dorr)

Case Number: 07-1220

Position: Arguing that ?Ǭ�1983 actions for post-conviction DNA testing are not barred by Heck v. Humphrey.

Issues: Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing

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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