State v. Brandon

The opinion of Mr. Justice Stukes correctly decides the first and second questions involved in this appeal, but I cannot agree with his disposition of the third question. His opinion sets out all three questions.

All trial lawyers experienced in defending (and prosecuting) defendants charged with the commission of crime are acutely aware of the, unreliability of the testimony of some of the “officers of the law,” who seemingly go into Court prepared to either procure a conviction of the defendant, or assure his acquittal. (The writer has, however, encountered other law enforcement officers who…