A judge reversed a murder conviction after finding the defense was never told that a “pivotal” prosecution witness—a police detective who took an incriminating statement from the teenaged defendant—was accused of securing a false confession in an unrelated case.
The allegations against Suffolk County Police Det. Ronald Tavares constituted Brady material that could have “materially influenced” jurors at Gabriel Hubbard’s 2012 trial for a gang-related slaying, Supreme Court Justice Martin Efman ruled.
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