Accused "Cop Killer"'s Murder Trial Resets After Finding DA's Office Witheld Evidence

Houston Chronicle
Nov. 05, 2014

Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday threw out the 2005 conviction and death sentence of Alfred Dewayne Brown after finding that the Harris County District Attorney's Office withheld material evidence favorable to Brown's case.

In a brief order, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals sent the case back to the lower court for a new trial.

District Attorney Devon Anderson now will have to decide whether to retry Brown for the 2003 death of veteran Houston Police Officer Charles R. Clark. Clark was shot while trying to stop the burglary of a check-cashing store.

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