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Fifth Circuit· 9/15/1997

East v. Johnson

Citations

  • 123 F.3d 235
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 24431
  • 1997 WL 570214

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  • holding that the petitioner carries his burden to show materiality by showing that the favorable evidence could reasonably be taken to put the whole case in such a different light as to undermine confidence in the verdict
  • mental status report showing “key witness for the state” had hallucinations and was mentally incompetent was material
  • “[W]hen the withheld evidence would seriously undermine the testimony of a key witness on an essential issue or there is no strong corroboration, the with- held evidence has been found to be material.” (emphasis added) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Politz, King, Davis

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