TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Sep 10, 2024

Former Davidson County Medical Examiner (ME) Dr. Bruce Levy has recanted his testimony in the 2000 death of Bryan Alexander Maze. Russell Maze, father of "Baby Alex," was convicted of shaking his son and causing the injuries that led to his death. Levy now says that after reviewing medical records that were not previously made available to him, as well as recent reports from medical experts who have studied the case, "If called to testify now, I would assert Bryan Maze’s brain, at the time of his death, showed no indication, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, of prior trauma or abuse. Instead, the residual brain lesions viewed at autopsy more likely than not resulted from a natural disease process." The Nashville Banner interviewed multiple attorneys who said that they had never seen a medical examiner change a conclusion in a homicide case.