NOPD cop convicted in Henry Glover case getting new trial, appeals court decides
A federal appeals court Monday overturned the conviction of former New Orleans Police Officer David Warren in the fatal shooting of Henry Glover, whose shot and burned body turned up in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. The court also threw out one charge against former Officer Greg McRae and ordered U.S. District Judge Lance Africk to re-sentence him.
The ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found that Warren suffered "specific and compelling prejudice" because the court refused to sever his case from the co-defendants.
Warren argued that after "he shot Glover whom he thought to be a possibly armed looter," that he was unaware of the cover-up surrounding it. Being tried with the other officers, the court found, prejudiced the case against him.
Africk had earlier ruled that McCabe should be tried again based on a newly discovered police report that called into question the claims by prosecutors that he was the primary author of a police report on the Glover killing and incineration.
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