Criminal Defendant Gets New Trial on Prosecution's Failure to Disclose Comp Claim

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania ordered a new trial for a defendant accused of sexual misconduct due to the prosecution’s failure to disclose the alleged victim’s workers’ compensation claim for the same incident underlying the criminal charges. Case: Commonwealth v. Reyes-Acosta, No. 469 MDA 2022, 07/26/2023, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: In 2021, a jury found Joel Reyes-Acosta guilty of indecent assault and harassment. According to the trial court’s recounting of the evidence, the victim of his crimes worked as an assistant manager at the apartment ...