Charles Weiss and Jonathan Potts of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner were appointed special prosecutors in Lamar Johnson’s case, harnessing a new Missouri law allowing prosecutors’ offices to step in to intervene in cases of wrongful conviction.
February 17, 2023 at 07:30 AM
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Last December, on the first day of a hearing on a motion seeking to vacate the murder conviction of Lamar Johnson, Jonathan Potts of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner put on the direct testimony from a former neighbor of Johnson’s who confessed to the murder in open court.
Pott’s partner Charles Weiss followed that up by putting on testimony from the only eyewitness in the original murder trial. He recanted his identification of Johnson from 28 years ago.
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Charles Weiss, left, and Jonathan Potts, right, of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Courtesy photos
