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Brewer v. State

Citations

  • 444 N.W.2d 77
  • 1989 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 191
  • 1989 WL 79636

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  • holding failure of prosecution- to reveal complete details of star witness’s grant of immunity was not a Brady violation in part because the evidence was not material
  • adopting Teague’s holding that “new constitutional rules of criminal procedure generally should not be applied retroactively to cases on collateral review”
  • relying on Teague framework to determine whether the Court’s holding in Duren, 439 U.S. 357, 99 S. Ct. 664, should be given retroactive effect to a case on collateral review
  • “[W]e will not reverse where counsel has made a reasonable decision concerning trial tactics and strategy, even if such judgments ultimately fail.”
  • considering retroactivity of Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357 (1979)

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Judges: Harris, Larson, Neuman, Snell, Andreasen

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