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Lisa Steele uses a Connecticut Supreme Court case as the springboard for her discussion of material witness warrants, which allow prosecutors to arrest and imprison material witnesses to ensure that they testify at trial. If a material witness will be part of a case, it will happen suddenly, Steele writes, on the eve of trial or during trial. Lawyers need to be aware of the competing interests at stake and ready to protect the client’s rights – whether the client is the defendant or the material witness.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation in support of plaintiff-appellant.
Amicus curiae brief of Human Rights Watch and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Material Witness and incommunicado detention update Kent V. Anderson
Material Witness Kent V. Anderson, Jonathon E. Hawley
