Legal Opinion
Philip Cannon v. Polk County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2017No. 15-35047UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
Appellant Philip Scott Cannon was convicted in 2000 of a triple homicide. Among the evidence admitted at the trial was ■evidence about the bullets from the crime scene. That purported scientific evidence, known as Comparative Bullet Lead Analysis (“CBLA”), has since been debunked as junk science. In 2009, Cannon and the Oregon Department of Justice entered into a stipulation vacating his conviction and remanding to the Polk County Circuit Court for a retrial. While preparing for a new trial, the Polk County District Attorney was unable to find the original trial exhibits. As a…
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- Hershel Rosenbaum v. Washoe CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Charles Anderson Miller v. Daniel B. Vasquez, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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