the make or break witness. if you have reason not to believe him, then you have some lack of confidence in the jury verdict. the testimony of a thoroughly discredited perjuror, that s what they said. we would say he is a [ bleep ] liar. cleveland also should have disclosed his deal with masse. gary masse should have been confronted with the fact that he really did have a deal with the prosecution. in a fair proceeding, a jury should hear it all. together, hawkins wrote, these errors were devastating to confidence in the process. still, prosecutor cleland fought the ruling all the way to the supreme court without success. six months later, gloria was freed. in a rare step, the state bar eventually admonished cleland for hiding evidence. the state of california finally stood up and said, this is not right.
the make or break witness. if you have reason not to believe him, then you have some lack of confidence in the jury verdict. the testimony of a thoroughly discredited perjurer, that s what they said. we would say he is a [ bleep ] liar. cleveland also should have disclosed his deal with masse. gary masse should have been confronted with the fact that he really did have a deal with the prosecution. in a fair proceeding, a jury should hear it all. together, hawkins wrote, these errors were devastating to confidence in the process. still, prosecutor cleland fought the ruling all the way to the supreme court without success. six months later, gloria was freed. in a rare step, the state bar eventually admonished cleland for hiding evidence. the state of california finally stood up and said, this is not right. the d.a. s office chose not
reasonably fair trial, the defendants in criminal proceedings are. a year after filing, genago made a 15-minute oral argument to the court. then they waited. on march 10th, 2000, gloria was busy advising other inmates. she had been behind bars for 14 years. somebody came running over and said, you re still here. i said, what are you talking about? she handed me the article from the l.a. times. and that s how i knew. gloria, you re going home. that was the only time i cried. i was just glad to hear it finally. what i had known for a long time. finally the 9th circuit looks at what happens and says, this
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for you. that was kind of a bombshell. they knew that they would have to give me a new trial. they would never let that stand. gloria s team presented their case to the california supreme court but they received a one-word apply. denied. the next stop would be federal court and genego now knew he must do more than cast doubt on the prosecution s case. you ve got to present an alternative explanation about how this could have occurred if gloria wasn t involved. cleland had argued that gloria pried information and from coin shop operator virgil fletcher and used to it orchestrate the heist. they were able to make it seem as if gloria was the link between virgil fletcher and gary masse. and if it wasn t her, how else was this going to happen? well, gary lee smith was the missing piece. the people i dealt with, a few other folks and that sort of thing. small time sacramento criminal gary lee smith was recruited first to rob the davies. an individual approached me, had som