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252nd District Court schedules three-day evidentiary remand hearing in Garner case over forensic-science issues
Summary
Judge set a focused three-day evidentiary hearing in the Luther Garner remand to evaluate whether previously unavailable medical or scientific evidence undermines trial experts’ testimony; court ordered expert qualifications and literature disclosures and directed prosecutors to disclose any statements that a trial expert no longer stands by prior testimony.
A judge in the 252nd District Court set a three‑day evidentiary hearing in the Luther Garner case to examine whether new or previously unavailable medical and scientific evidence contradicts expert testimony given at Garner’s trial.
The hearing, scheduled as a single block of Monday through Wednesday, will be split between the parties: the defense will present its witnesses through the first day and a half, and the state will present for the remaining day and a half. The judge said she…
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