District court’s decision to grant defendant’s request for habeas relief and to vacate his capital murder conviction concluding that a Brady violation had occurred is affirmed as, in light of the importance of the testimony of three witnesses and the significant impeachment value of the undisclosed information, defendant’s right to due process, as set forth in Brady, was violated by the Commonwealth’s failure to disclose the information.
Read Wilson v. Beard, No. 06-9004
Appellate Information
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Opinion Filed December 23, 2009
Judges
Before: McKee, Chagares, and Roth, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Roth
Counsel:
For Appellant: Lynne Abraham, District Attorney, David Curtis Glebe, Assistant District Attorney
For Appellee: Maureen Kearney Rowley, Chief Federal Defender, Michael Wiseman
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