Frederick Kirkpatrick v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office, Movant-Appellee

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• finding cause when evidence was suppressed and falsified coupled with state and federal laws that deterred discovery of the evidence
• observing that \different standards of materiality apply to Brady claims and claims that the prosecution has knowingly used perjured testimony or false evidence\ and describing the standard for the latter as \considerably less onerous\
• “We observe that different standards of materiality apply to Brady claims and claims that the prosecution has knowingly used perjured testimony or false evidence.”
• “Generally, discovery is uncommon in habeas cases.”

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