Algie Crivens v. Thomas P. Roth, Warden, Dixon Correctional Center

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• finding that the government had suppressed information within the meaning of Brady precisely because “the state in this case had the information at its disposal”
• stating that procedural default of Brady claim is excusable when the petitioner was unable to pre- sent the claim to the state courts “because of the state’s mis- conduct”
• finding that habeas petitioner had not procedurally defaulted Brady claim notwithstanding his failure to raise that claim in state court, given that State had not disclosed information which formed basis for claim until after he had filed his federal habeas petition
• finding that habeas petitioner had not procedurally defaulted Brady claim notwithstanding his failure to raise that claim in state court, given that State had not disclosed information which formed basis for claim until after he had filed his federal habeas petition
• finding that habeas petitioner had not procedurally defaulted Brady claim notwithstanding his failure to raise that claim in state court, given that State had not disclosed information which formed basis for claim until after he had filed his federal habeas petition
• grounding its finding that evidence was withheld in part on the state’s concession that Brady required disclosure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).