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Appeals court hears claim that defense counsel failed to press lost-note evidence in Teixeira case
Summary
In Commonwealth v. Ron Teixeira, defense counsel argued trial counsel was ineffective for not developing a record about a missing note the defense says could have impeached the victim; the Commonwealth replied that the defense retained an expert and the judge found only negligence in the loss of the note. The matter was submitted for decision.
Attorney William Corman, representing Ron Teixeira, told a three-judge panel that trial counsel failed to investigate and challenge the loss of a note allegedly shown to police by the victim’s mother and purportedly written by the adolescent victim. Corman said the original note was turned over to a detective and subsequently lost, and that trial counsel did not cross-examine the detective nor call a handwriting expert to establish who wrote the note. "When trial counsel had the opportunity to…
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