Post-Conviction Digital Evidence Review
A Practical Guide for Defense Teams Reassessing Older Cases
Post-conviction digital evidence review can uncover overlooked location data, incomplete cell-site analysis, missing extraction data, and other evidence that may warrant renewed examination. Advances in mobile forensics, device repair and recovery, extraction techniques, and forensic analysis may make previously inaccessible or incomplete evidence available or reveal limitations in the methods used at the time of the original investigation.
This page helps defense teams conduct an initial post-conviction digital evidence review by identifying what digital evidence was used, what should have existed, what may still survive, what limitations affected the original examination, and whether current forensic methods justify renewed review.
It is designed for post-conviction attorneys, appellate and habeas teams, public defenders, investigators, innocence organizations, and other authorized defense professionals.