Court Opinion

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Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-09-28 21:51:58.103887+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:28:12.600338
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                                       Affidavit of Amaris Kinsey

I, Amaris Kinsey am above the age of 18, and of sound mind, do declare that the following information is
true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

 I, Amaris Kinsey, have been assisting my uncle, Stephen Brandon, in trying to obtain a copy of the
private investigators report, for his case that was prepared by investigator, Donna Brown. Brown, was
the investigator who was appointed to his case by the 405th District Court of Galveston County. I have
spoken to Donna Brown, the investigator on the phone as well as Atty. Winston E. Cochran Dr., who was
representing Stephen Brandon at the time. Cochran showed the report to Stephen Brandon, but never
as promised gave a copy of the report to Stephen. I did in fact, speak to Investigator Brown, and she
claimed that she had moved her office from Dayton to Liberty, TX and lost her files and was not able to
deliver a copy of the requested report at this time . I have made several attempts since this time to
locate Donna Brown, or obtain the report from Atty. Cochran, but with no success.

This statement is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Respectfully,

Sworn before me this   ~ay of __p-~'-~e~c___ 2014.
                MvkhJ
Signature of Notary Public
                                        Affidavit of Crystal Lucas

I, Crystal Lucas, am above the age of 18, and of sound mind, do declare that the following informatio-n is
true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

 I, Crystal Lucas, have been assisting my brother, Stephen Brandon, in trying to obtain a copy of the
private investigators report, for his case that was prepared by investigator, Donna Brown. Brown, was
the investigator who was appointed to his case by the 405th District Court of Galveston County. I have
not personally spoken to Donna Brown, the investigator on the phone but have spoken to Attorney.
Winston E. Cochran Jr., who was representing Stephen Brandon at the time. Cochran showed the report
to Stephen Brandon, but never as promised gave a copy of the report to him. I have made several
attempts since this time to obtain the report from Attorney Cochran, but with no success. There is
exculpatory evidence within this report that is favorable to Stephen's defense.

This statement is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Signature of Notary Public
                       MAURICE ROSS
              Notary Public, State of New York
                    . No. 01R06276894
               Oualif1ed in Onondaga C     t
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