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Denial filed by Stankewitz Legal Team and Exhibits

Filed on September 8, 2023

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Return Filed by Fresno DA with Exhibits

July 19, 2023

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Fourth Supplemental Filing to the Court

April 16, 2023

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Third Supplemental Filing and Ballistics Report

On March 21, 2023, the legal team submitted its Third Supplemental Filing to the court, along with the result of our ballistics report. The results showed us what we've known all along - the gun was in the possession of law enforcement from 1973 through two days after the murder.

Stankewitz Third Supplemental Filing 3-21-23 (pdf)

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Forensics Lab Submission Form and Laboratory Report (pdf)

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EXHIBIT 23D Firearm and Ballistics Evidence Chart 3-20-23 (pdf)

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Motion to Compel Evidence Exam and Testing

Executed on September 19, 2022

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Motion to Access Court Evidence for Exam and Testing

Executed on September 19, 2022

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Motion to Compel Evidence Exam and Testing

Executed on September 19, 2022

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Petition for Writ of Mandate

Submitted on May 17, 2022

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Second Supplemental Filing

Filed January 26, 2022

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Supplemental Filing

Filed January 12, 2022

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Order Denying Bail Motion

Ordered January 3, 2022

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Motion for OR Release/Settlement Bail

Filed November 22, 2021 with attached exhibits

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Petitioner's Reply to Informal Response

Filed October 13, 2021

Informal Reply to the Informal Response by the DA on September 1, 2021

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Exhibits Attached to Petitioner's Reply Above

Reply Exhibits attached to informal reply to petitioner's reply to informal response filed on October 13, 2021

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Informal Response by Fresno County DA

Received September 1, 2021

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Justice for Chief April 30, 2021 Webinar Event

Davis Vanguard Interview w/ Legal Team Member Alexandra Cock

Published March 15,2021, Davis Vanguard Reporter Roxanna Jarvis interviews Legal Team Member Alexandra Cock about updates on Chief's Case, how the legal team came to be, and how COVID has impacted Chief.

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Davis Vanguard Article Interview with Chief's Trial Lawyers

Published February 1,2021, The Davis Vanguard Interviews Chief's Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs about expectations for the future of Chief's case, the current conditions at San Quentin during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what Chief's release could mean for the future of the death penalty in the US

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Davis Vanguard Article About New Evidence and Chief's Case

Published November 17, 2020, the article tells the story of the events which led to his arrest in 1978, Chief's childhood, and the newly discovered evidence in his case which shows that he was wrongfully convicted.

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Chief's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Filed October 2, 2020

(Note: Subsequently filed in Fresno Superior Court March 8, 2021) 

The 219 page Petition contains 19 claims which describe how Chief’s constitutional rights have been violated throughout the last 43 years and that he is unlawfully imprisoned. The vast majority of the 3400 pages of Exhibits to the Petition, through law enforcement reports, prove extensive, egregious prosecutorial misconduct. The trial transcripts contain many instances of the false testimony given by law enforcement and Billy Brown, at the direction of the prosecution. 

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