"Lawyers for a man on death row for a 1994 murder say that ex-Harris County prosecutor Kelly Siegler,
under fire for withholding evidence in a high-profile murder case, also withheld vital evidence in theirs, the
Houston Chronicle reports. Howard
Guidry was one of three men convicted in the contract-killing of the
estranged wife of a Missouri City police officer; his conviction was
overturned, along with the officer's, "for conduct by Siegler,"
according to the
Chron's Monday must-read story, which explains
in alarming detail how Siegler withheld ballistics and fingerprint
evidence, as well as changes in witness testimony. A federal
appeals court ruled that Guidry's police statement was coerced, and
Siegler was found to have "admitted unlawful confessions into evidence
and used hearsay evidence." .........Guidry's
lawyers "are preparing to file amendments to a 2013 appeal explaining
how her behavior in Guidry's case is similar to what she did in the
[David Temple] case," according to the
Chron.
Siegler, who
left the Harris County District Attorney's Office in 2008 and stars in
the TNT reality series "Cold Justice," was the subject of a stinging
finding by a visiting state judge who presided over a habeas hearing
regarding her work in the 2007 David Temple murder case. Judge Larry
Gist found that Siegler withheld exculpatory evidence in that case and
recommended that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grant Temple a new
trial. That decision is pending."
http://www.houstonpress.com/news/lawyers-in-death-row-case-accuse-kelly-siegler-of-withholding-evidence-7605340
