article_snippet.sent: An appellate court's majority opinion to overturn Overton's conviction last year wrote that the previous trial was 'problematic from the beginning,' according to ABC News.
article_snippet.sent: Original prosecutor Sandra Eastwood was terminated for reasons unrelated to her case years after Overton was convicted, and Overton has accused her of unprofessional conduct several times since.
article_snippet.sent: New details have emerged that allege the prosecutor in the case withheld evidence, like providing details on the boy's stomach content at the time of the 2006 salt poisoning death of her 4-year-old foster son.
article_snippet.sent: The defense said that the prosecution claimed that samples from the boy's vomit were unavailable but Overton's lawyers claimed Eastwood withheld evidence so the sample could not be tested.
article_snippet.sent: I think that if we're going to be fair, if we're going to be just, we have to take all of the circumstances into consideration,' Dr Edgar Cortes testified at a February hearing, part of Overton's appeal.
article_snippet.sent: Eastwood's professional abilities have also been called into question.
article_snippet.sent: After the trial Hannah Overton was fired by the district attorney's office in Nueces County in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: In 2011, Hannah Overton admitted Hannah Overton struggled with alcohol dependency issues and was also taking diet pills during Hannah Overton tenure as a prosecutor, though Hannah Overton has denied alcohol dependency issues tainted Hannah Overton ability during the trial.
highlights_snippet.sent: Late last year Hannah Overton conviction was overturned because of ineffective counsel, but Nueces County district attorney Mark Skurka was set to try Hannah Overton again .
  