Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years
The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
Brittany Marlowe Holberg was convicted in 1998 of robbing and murdering an 80-year-old man in his Amarillo home. The appeals ...
Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court
A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
Federal appellate court vacates Texas death row inmate’s murder conviction
State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her ...
Woman who's been on death row for 27 years has conviction quashed after new information
Bombshell new evidence has given Brittany Holberg, 52, a reprieve - a case which a judge in Texas, US, says serves as a ...
Texas Inmate on Death Row for 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Holberg, who was 25 when she was ...
Woman on death row for 27 years has conviction overturned after new information
Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death for the murder of A.B. Towery, 80. Holberg, aged 23 at the time, was said to have ...
Federal appeals court reverses Texas woman's death row conviction
With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent Brittany Marlowe Holberg's 1998 murder conviction ...
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Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years
“The Texas Attorney General’s Office has been handling ... or her recantation was a lie,” Higginbotham wrote. “Against this context, the State’s intentional nondisclosure of Kirkpatrick ...
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate's 1998 murder conviction
Higginbotham cast Holberg's case as a blight ... He declined to comment further on the case until the Texas Office of the Attorney General decides how to proceed. "They are currently discussing ...