Establishing Innocence or Guilt

Overview

With the legislature in session, with scientific advancements, and with developing case law, there is lots to discuss. If you are a criminal court judge, a prosecutor, a defense lawyer or a law enforcement official, join us for a cutting-edge review of issues related to wrongful convictions and actual innocence.

This course is funded by a grant from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Thanks to this grant, the seminar is offered tuition‐free to most participants. 

Highlights

Judges, Prosecutors and their staff; Criminal Defense Attorneys; and Law Enforcement Officers.

Agenda and Faculty

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

8:00 am

Registration

9:00 am

Eye Witness Identification: A Review of the Science from an Expert’s Perspective

Gary L. Wells, Professor, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Update on the New Texas Eye Witness Identification Law

Rita Watkins, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

11:15 am

What Law Enforcement Officers (and others in the Justice System) Know and Believe About Eye Witness Factors

Nell Pawlenko, Pasadena, CA

12:15 pm

Lunch (provided)

1:00 pm

Conducting an Interview of an Eye Witness (live demonstration)

Ronald P. Fisher, Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, North Miami, FL

1:45 pm

The Theory of Cognitive Interviewing – Discussion and Critique

• Ronald P. Fisher, Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, North Miami, FL
• Gary L. Wells, Professor, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
• Brian Harvey, Chief, Allen Police Department, Allen, TX
  
• Nell Pawlenko, Pasadena, CA

3:15 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Cognitive Psychology: Where Bias Creeps In and How the Mind Works

Suzanne Mannes, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Widener University, Chester, PA

5:00 pm

Recess

Thursday, February 28, 2013

9:00 am

Ethics and Actual Innocence

Jules Epstein, Associate Professor, Widener Law School, Wilmington, DE

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am

Where We Stand on the NAS Report (with an emphasis on Fingerprinting)

• Jules Epstein, Associate Professor, Widener Law School, Wilmington, DE
• Melissa Gische, Physical Scientist/Forensic Examiner, FBI Laboratory, Quantico, VA
• Kent Cattani, Chief Counsel, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, AZ
• Ron Reinstein, Judicial Consultant, Arizona Supreme Court, Phoenix, AZ
  

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Update from the Court of Criminal Appeals & the Texas Legislature

• Hon. Barbara P. Hervey, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Gary A. Udashen, Partner, Sorrels, Udashen & Anton, Dallas, TX

1:30 pm

Break

1:45 pm

Accomplices and Jailhouse Snitches: Example of a Bad Result

Anthony Graves, Exoneree, Houston, TX

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Accomplices and Jailhouse Snitches – What Can and What Should We Do?

• Christine Mumma, Executive Director, North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, Durham, NC
• Russell Wilson, Chief, Special Fields Bureau, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office 

5:00 pm

Recess

9:00 am

Kids and the Law

Jules Epstein, Associate Professor, Widener Law School, Wilmington, DE 

10:00 am

Children as Eyewitnesses – Developmental Differences

Marc Lindberg, Professor, Department of Psychology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV

11:00 am

Break

11:15 am

Kids as Witnesses

Stephanie Smith, Southern Regional Director, National Child Protection Training Center, North West Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, AR

12:30 pm

Lunch + Update from Innocence Projects and County Integrity Units

• Gary A. Udashen, Partner - Sorrels, Udashen & Anton, Dallas, TX
• Russell Wilson, Chief, Special Fields Bureau, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office

1:30 pm

Brady Revisited

• Baldwin Chin, Assistant District Attorney, Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX
• Gary A. Udashen, Partner - Sorrels, Udashen & Anton, Dallas, TX
• Alicia O’Neill, Assistant Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Brady Revisited (continued)

• Baldwin Chin, Assistant District Attorney, Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX
• Gary A. Udashen, Partner - Sorrels, Udashen & Anton, Dallas, TX
• Alicia O’Neill, Assistant Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX

4:30 pm

Adjourn

CLE Credits

MCLE Credit

The State Bar of Texas has approved this program for 19.25 hours, including 1.25 hours of ethics. Course ID Number: 901260982. Sign-in sheets and/or certificates of attendance will be available for ALL states.

Specialization

We have applied with The Texas Board of Specialization and will update this form when issued.

Overnight Accommodations

Hyatt Place Plano welcomes our guests attending Establishing Innocence or Guilt at The Center for American and International Law. We have set aside a block of rooms with a group rate of $89 for 2/26/2013-3/1/2013. 

Please make your reservations by 2/8/2013. Any reservations not received on or before this cut-off date are subject to hotel availability at the best available prevailing rate.

Booking Instructions

Book online at www.hyattplaceplano.com
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Call 888-HYATT-HP (888-492-8847) or 972-378-3997

Dates available: 2/26/2013 - 3/1/2013
Mention the group name: CAILAW Establishing Innocence or Guilt 

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