Prosecutor's cases to be reviewed after mistrial declared in Hammond case
Judge Angela McCormick Bisig declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Dejuan Hammond, a day after Hammond's defense team complained of "prosecutorial misconduct," saying investigators have for five years had a summary of an interview with Hammond's former girlfriend that they had failed to turn over.
Defense attorneys accused Van De Rostyne of not only not turning over the evidence, but of purposefully hiding it and keeping it from attorneys because it contained exculpatory information....
[C]urrent prosecutors on the case acknowledged it appeared the evidence - a summary of an interview with Hammond's former girlfriend - had been tampered with and withheld inappropriately.
"It's one of the more disappointing experiences, to be honest with you, that I've had in the nearly 30 years I've been prosecuting here in this community," said Jim Lesousky, assistant commonwealth attorney.
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