On the evening of Jan. 7, 1994, Isidoro Rodriguez and his brother Daniel were met by two armed men as they entered their apartment in Lynn. The armed men dragged the brothers into the apartment, court records show. One of the men tied Isidoro Rodriguezs hands, took him into the bedroom, ordered him
Lowy found that Robson failed to adequately cross-examine Isidoro Rodriguez, the eyewitness, who did not know his own birth date, could not read a digital clock, and struggled with spatial relations. During opening statements, Robson told the jury his client would testify in his own defense. But he