Appellate

Your appellate brief project is here! Please, review the following fact pattern:
Mr. Defendant (a black male) was put on trial by State X Prosecutor for alleged felony drug possession. Before trial, Mr. Defendant was approached by a police officer while Mr. Defendant walked down a sidewalk to the local grocery store in State X. The police officer stepped in front of Mr. Defendant and told Mr. Defendant not to take another step or God help him. Mr. Defendant asked the officer why the officer was stopping him. The officer stated that "something about your face just doesn't look right." Mr. Defendant told the officer that Mr. Defendant did not think that was a good enough reason to stop Mr. Defendant. The officer became enraged, threw Mr. Defendant to the ground, and searched Mr. Defendant. The officer found a small bag of cocaine on Mr. Defendant's body and arrested Mr. Defendant on the spot.
At trial, during voir dire, Mr. Prosecutor used peremptory and for-cause challenges to remove all black males from the jury. The final jury was eleven white people and one black person.
During the trial, Mr. Prosecutor gave an opening statement and asked the jury to put themselves in the officer's shoes in this case. Mr. Prosecutor--it was later discovered--also withheld discoverable evidence from Mr. Defendant's attorney, evidence that would have helped Mr. Defendant appear less guilty.
The State X Judge has sentenced Mr. Defendant to twelve years in prison and has entered a final judgment.
You are the appellate attorney for Mr. Defendant! Your assignment is as follows:
1) Mr. Defendant will be the appellant. The Prosecutor will be the Appellee. Mr. Defendant is your client.
2) Draft a memo to your client explaining what your next steps are (how the stages of appeals work).
3) Prepare an oral argument for the Nineteenth Circuit Court of Appeals explaining the following: a) who you are, b) whom you represent, c) what you're asking for, and d) why the appellate court should agree with you.
Here are a couple examples of what to do and argue in this appellate brief.
“Something about your face doesn’t look right”- officer does not have reasonable suspicion to even stop Mr. Defendant.
“Fruit of the poisonous tree”- the search was illegal and could be thrown out in court
You do not ask the jury to put themselves in the defendants’ shoes.
Brandy violation- when you withhold discoverable evidence.