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Thru discovery process pretty much all information has to be shared from one side to the other prior to trial anyway.

It sure looks to me like we have a DA that went way beyond anywhere near a line he should not have ever crossed.

If this was me I would want my attorney to go public with every chunk of evidence I had to offer in my defense. If he refused to do so I would do it myself.

One reason we get into these situations is because there is such a tendency to keep things quiet.

I can say one thing, if I am falsely accused there is NO WAY I remain wuiet, much less silent. Some would say that is foolish I would just have to disagree and say I have the truth on my side so I have no reason to be silent.

Scott Peterson tried to employ this strategy, but he lost badly because he was caught in his lies.

"Thru discovery process pretty much all information has to be shared from one side to the other prior to trial anyway."

Well the DA is certainly going to willingly share any incriminating evidence that he wants to use at trial because the defense can cry "foul" if it's not disclosed during discovery.

The hard part for the defense will be to get the DA to disclose information that argues for innocence since, of course, the DA has no intention to use it at trail. In theory, the DA should willingly turn it over, but in practice they fight it.