ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS IN CAPITAL LITIGATION’S 42nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2022
- 11:00 – 1:30 REGISTRATION
- 1:30 – 1:45 WELCOME
Jason R. Williams, District Attorney, Orleans Judicial District, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lisa Tanner, Division Chief, Criminal Prosecutions Division (retired), Texas Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas
- 1:45-2:45 THE BEST OF THE BEST
Steve Creason, Chief Counsel, Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General State of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana
- 2:45 - 3:00 BREAK
- 3:00 - 5:00 THE TOP TEN MISTAKES IN COMPLEX
HOMICIDE AND CAPITAL CASES (BULLETPROOFING YOUR CASE)
Angela Backers, Senior Deputy District Attorney (retired), Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, Oakland, California
- 6:00 – 8:00 RECEPTION
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2022
- 8:30 – 9:30 VOIR DIRE
Ashley Rich, Mobile County District Attorney, Mobile, Alabama
- 9:30 – 9:45 BREAK
- 9:45 – 10:45 AVOIDING A HUNG JURY
Bill Turner, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Prosecutions Division, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas
- 10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 12:00 AVOIDING JURY NULLIFICATION
Kevin Petroff, First Assistant District Attorney, Galveston County District Attorney’s Office, Galveston, Texas
- 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH (On Your Own)
- 1:30 – 2:45 COMPETENCE TO BE EXECUTED
Roe Wilson, (retired) Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Harris County, Houston, Texas
Beth Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Georgia Attorney General’s Office, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2:45 – 3:00 BREAK
- 3:00 – 5:00 SUPREME COURT UPDATE EXECUTED
Bill Bilderback, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Statewide Capital Case Coordinator, California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, California
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022
Appellate Breakout
- 8:30 - 9:30 EXECUTION-RELATED 18 U.S.C. § 1983 LAWSUITS
Edward Marshall, Chief, Criminal Appeals Division, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas
- 9:30 – 9:45 BREAK
- 9:45 - 10:45 THE SUPREME COURT CLERK’S OFFICE
Danny Bickell, Deputy Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington D.C.
- 10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 12:00 ROUNDTABLE
Moderator: Steve Creason, Chief Counsel, Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General State of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana
- 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH (On Your Own)
Trial Breakout
- 8:30 - 9:30 COLD CASES
Sheila Ross, Director of Capital Litigation, Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, Morrow, Georgia
- 9:30 – 9:45 BREAK
- 9:45 – 10:45 CLOSING ARGUMENTS
Lisa Tanner, Division Chief, Criminal Prosecutions Division (retired), Texas Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas
- 10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 12:00 RESPONDING TO MITIGATING EVIDENCE
Brian Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Brazos County District Attorney’s Office, Bryan, Texas
- 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH (On Your Own)
General Session
- 1:30 – 2:30 DNA MIXTURES
Tamyra Moretti, Ph.D., Research Biologist, DNA Support Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Laboratory), Washington, D.C.
- 2:30 – 2:45 BREAK
- 2:45 – 3:45 FORENSIC ETHICS
Kevin Petroff, First Assistant District Attorney, Galveston County District Attorney’s Office, Galveston, Texas
- 3:45 – 4:00 BREAK
- 4:00 – 5:00 PRESERVING THE RECORD FOR APPEAL
Dana Ali, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, California
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2022
- 9:00 – 11:00 MEETING MENTAL DEFENSES
Park Dietz, MD, MPH, PhD, President, Park Dietz & Associates, Newport Beach, California