MSS 2017-01
Brandon L. Garrett Collection of Criminal and Death Penalty Trial Transcripts
Dates
- Creation: 1977-2011
Extent
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65 Cubic feet
65 archival cartons
Abstract
Trial transcripts for Virginia death penalty cases. DNA exonoree trials, and various state criminal trials.
Scope and Content
This collection of copies of trial transcripts for criminal state trials, from Virginia, Missouri, Texas, and various other states, was donated to the Law Library by Professor Brandon L. Garrett in August of 2017. About half of the defendants in these cases were DNA exonerees, the most notable case being that of Earl Washington, Jr., an African American man from Virginia who was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder, and spent 17 years in prison and on death row before he was exonerated. The files in which the defendants were exonerated by DNA evidence have copies of forensic reports and police files.
Use Restrictions
Due to the sensitive content of these files, the collection has the following guidelines and restrictions:
1. Case documents and/or direct quotations may be used to illustrate final reports or other publications, but will not contain any identifying victim or witness information. All quotations will be exact reproductions and will contain citations to the record.
2. Names of crime victims and witnesses that are discovered through this resource will not be used or documented in any way, nor will any attempt to contact them be made, with the following exception. Witnesses who testified in their professional capacity (e.g., attorneys, police officers, laboratory analysts, experts, etc.) are not subject to the same protections and may be contacted.
3. For trials involving later-exonerated defendats, that person's background and personal information, including educational, family, medical, and psychiatric history, etc., will not be used or documented, except to state whether mental health issues or mitigating evidence was raised at trial. This restriction applies to, but is not limited to, all documents in the DNA Exoneree Trails Series.
4. Materials in this collection cannot be reproduced.
5. Researchers will be asked to sign a "Researcher Registration Form."
Acquisition Information
This collection was transferred to the archives by Brandon L. Garrett in August of 2017.
Collection Contents
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File Texas v. George Franklin Bonner, Jr.; N/A; N/A; April 16-17, 1985 - Transcript of Proceedings MSS 2017-01, Box 23
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File Texas v. Kevin Ford; N/A; 272nd District Court; 8/1/1989 - Transcript of Jury Trial MSS 2017-01, Box 25
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File Michael Anthony Drummond v. Texas; N/A; Texas Court of Appeals; 1/23/1989 - Transcript on Appeal MSS 2017-01, Box 25
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File Texas v. Kevin Jamal Rodgers; N/A; N/A; undated - Transcript of Court Proceedings MSS 2017-01, Box 26
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File Texas v. Kevin Jamal Rodgers; N/A; N/A; undated - Transcript of Court Proceedings MSS 2017-01, Box 28
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File Cody Edward Davis v. Florida; N/A; N/A; 1981 - Brevard County Sherriff's Office Files MSS 2017-01, Box 34
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File Massachusetts v. Kenneth Water; N/A; N/A; May 10-11, 1983 - Excerpt from Trial Transcript MSS 2017-01, Box 37
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File Louisiana v. Clyde Charles; N/A; N/A; undated - Index and Transcript of Witness Testimonies MSS 2017-01, Box 41
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File Texas v. Gregory Wayne Wallis; N/A; N/A; undated - Trial Transcript [incomplete] MSS 2017-01, Box 56
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File Massachusetts v. Dennis Mahar; N/A; N/A; undated; Westlaw Research Materials MSS 2017-01, Box 62
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File Walter T Snyder v. Virginia; No. 0300-87-4; Court of Appeals of Virginia; 1987 - Joint Appendix MSS 2017-01, Box 64
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File West Virginia v. Gerald W. Davis; N/A; N/A; 1985-1988 - Forensic Reports, Sheriff's Office Files MSS 2017-01, Box 64
Subjects
- Barbour, Bennett Stanley
- Beaver, Antonio
- Beeks, Emily J.
- Beeks, Kimberly
- Beeks, Raymond, Jr.
- Beltran, Manuel, Jr.
- Blair, Michael Nawee
- Bonner, George Franklin
- Boudreaux, Jimmie Joseph
- Brisco, Johnny
- Brown, Johnny
- Brown, Roy A.
- Callace, Leonard
- Capozzi, Anthony
- Carter, Ted Vincent
- Charles, Clyde
- Chatman, Charles Allen
- Clark, Freddie Lee
- Cole, Timothy Brian
- Cook, John Charles
- Cotton, Ronald, Jr.
- Cowan, J. C.
- Danziger, Richard
- Davidson, Willie
- Davis, Cody Edward
- Davis, Dewey Clyde
- Davis, Gerald W.
- Dillon, William Michael
- Dotson, Gary
- Drummond, Michael Anthony
- Edwards, James L.
- Elvira, Francisco T.
- Ervin, Kevin C.
- Evans, Jerry Lee
- Fears, Joseph R.
- Foppiano, Scott
- Ford, Kevin
- Fountain, Edward Wiley, Jr.
- Fras, Rick Edmund
- Garrett, Brandon L.
- Garrett, Marcus Valentino
- Gibson, Willie
- Giles, James Curtis
- Good, Donald Wayne
- Goodwin, Gilbert R.
- Gossett, Andrew William
- Gray, Anthony
- Hamilton, Fred
- Harris, William O'Dell
- Harrison, Clarence
- Harvey, Joseph
- Henton, Eugene Ivory
- Hierholzen, Rebecca
- Higgins, Harold Leon
- Hill, Dudley J., Jr.
- Holland, Dana
- Jackson, Willie
- James, Calvin
- Jean, Lesly
- Jeffrey, Robert K.
- Jimenez, Edmond
- Johnson, Victor Salvadore
- Jones, Daniel O.
- Jones, David Allen
- Karage, Entre Nax
- Laughman, Barry James
- Lincecum, Kevin Wayne
- Lindsey, Johnnie Earl
- Lloyd, Edie Joe
- Mahar, Dennis
- Marcel, Michael
- Martin, Perry
- Massey, Eric
- McClendon, Robert L.
- Miller , Billy Wayne
- Mitchell, Marvin
- Moore, Curtis Jasper
- Morgan, Xenia Uzelia
- Nelson, Bruce
- Norris, Alphonse
- O'Donnell, James
- Ochoa, James
- Ollins, Calvin
- Ollins, Larry
- Pope, David Shawn
- Ragin, John Moses
- Raine, Robert David
- Rodgers, Kevin Jamal
- Rollins, Lafonso
- Roman, Miguel
- Saltzman, Robert
- Sanders, Omar
- Sapien, Raymundo
- Saunders, Alva A.
- Savernia, Carlos
- Smith, Billy James
- Snyder, Walter T.
- Spencer, Timothy Wilson
- Tate, Donald Lee
- Tellez, Ronald
- Thomas, Earl
- Turner, Keith Edward
- Vasques, David
- Vasquez, Jerry Lee
- Waller, James Douglas
- Waller, Patrick Leondos
- Wallis, Gregory Wayne
- Walsh, Thomas P.
- Walton, Carl Lee
- Washington, Earl, Jr.
- Washington, Stanley T.
- Water, Kenneth
- Webb, Mark Amos
- Webster, Bernard
- White, Joseph Edgar
- Whitefield, Arthur Lee
- Wickizer, Norman E.
- Williams, Willie Otis
- Williamson, Ronald Keith
- Wilson, Kareem Jabbar
- Woodard, James Lee
- Yarris, Nicholas