Prewitt v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

This case illustrates what happens when the State engages in a pattern of withholding exculpatory and material evidence from a defendant prior to trial. Appellant, defendant Nancy Prewitt raises a number of alleged errors following her conviction for the Murder 1 of her husband, William Davies. In particular, Prewitt claims that the following errors occurred: (1) the State improperly withheld certain exeulpa-tory evidence from Prewitt in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); (2) statistical evidence regarding the probability…