Opinion ID: 2782925
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: District Attorney Gorman’s Account

Text: Gorman’s testimony calls into question the timing of events in the accounts of Roland and Ash and suggests that he was not the cause of Plaintiff’s removal from investigations. In May 2009 (a month before Plaintiff was removed), Gorman received a memorandum from one of his employees advising that Giglio obligations usually do not apply to police officers because they are not key witnesses at trial. After reviewing the memo at his deposition, Gorman stated his agreement with its conclusion that Giglio obligations apply only to key witnesses. Gorman recalled conducting law-enforcement training sessions with Morehead on the subject of officer testimony. At the sessions Morehead spoke about how officers could develop a Giglio problem, and she used Plaintiff and the Elam order as an example. In early February 2010 (eight months after Plaintiff’s removal from investigations) Gorman received a letter from Plaintiff’s attorney demanding that he stop the attacks on 10 Plaintiff’s reputation, including the circulation of the Elam order and the references to him as “Giglioed” at the training sessions. Id., Vol. VI at 1317. At this point Gorman had no opinion about whether Plaintiff had a genuine Giglio problem, but he requested the Elam order from Morehead so he could review the issue for himself. On February 10, AUSA David Plinsky emailed Gorman the Elam order. Sometime after receiving the order, Gorman was approached by representatives of the sheriff’s office to discuss Plaintiff and the Elam order. Gorman told them that he had read the order and had concluded that it would need to be disclosed to defense counsel under Giglio if Plaintiff was used in a case, a fact that he would need to take into consideration when deciding whether to accept a case from Plaintiff.