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Juries mull recanted statements in Pennsylvania cases

Updated: 12:20 PM EDT May 24, 2021 By SAMANTHA MELAMED, The Philadelphia Inquirer The first time Derrick Spivey learned about Bradying was at his own preliminary hearing, facing a charge of first-degree murder.The sole witness at the 2009 hearing was a former high school classmate of Spivey s who, a year earlier, had signed a statement that Spivey fatally shot Marvin Hudson, 21. Now that witness, Rahman Rock Isaac, testified that his statement was a fabrication by detectives, one that he d signed under duress. In fact, he testified, he had ducked for cover and did not see who shot Hudson.Still, based on the disputed statement, a Municipal Court judge ruled the prosecutor had made out a strong enough case to take it to trial.Such a ruling was possible because of a 1986 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case, Commonwealth v. Brady. That landmark case placed Pennsylvania among a minority of states that allowed prior inconsistent statements to be presented as substantive

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Lying now, or lying then? Juries mull recanted statements

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Lying now, or lying then? Juries mull recanted statements | Pennsylvania State News

PHILADELPHIA (AP) â The first time Derrick Spivey learned about âBradyingâ was at his own preliminary hearing, facing a charge of first-degree murder. The sole witness at the 2009 hearing was a former high school classmate of Spiveyâs who, a year earlier, had signed a statement that Spivey fatally shot Marvin Hudson, 21. Now that witness, Rahman âRockâ Isaac, testified that his statement was a fabrication by detectives, one that heâd signed under duress. In fact, he testified, he had ducked for cover and did not see who shot Hudson. Still, based on the disputed statement, a Municipal Court judge ruled the prosecutor had made out a strong enough case to take it to trial.

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Lying now, or lying then? Under Pa rules, many defendants are convicted on recanted statements

Lying now, or lying then? Under Pa rules, many defendants are convicted on recanted statements
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Lying now, or lying then? Under Pa rules, many are convicted on recanted statements

‘Lying now, or lying then?’ Under Pa. rules, many are convicted on recanted statements. Samantha Melamed, The Philadelphia Inquirer © JESSICA GRIFFIN/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Judges found that Spivey s lawyer failed to demand a mistrial after improper testimony bolstered the prosecutors weak identification evidence. The first time Derrick Spivey learned about “Bradying” was at his own preliminary hearing, facing a charge of first-degree murder. The sole witness at the 2009 hearing was a former high school classmate of Spivey’s who, a year earlier, had signed a statement that Spivey fatally shot Marvin Hudson, 21. Now that witness, Rahman “Rock” Isaac, testified that his statement was a fabrication by detectives, one that he’d signed under duress. In fact, he testified, he had ducked for cover and did not see who shot Hudson.

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