Monroe v. Angelone

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that failure to disclose evidence that “would have significantly impaired the credibility of . . . a key prosecution witness” constitutes a Brady violation
• explaining that, because a witness’s testimony was “crucial” to proving premeditation, there was “a reasonable probability that [the defendant] would not have been convicted of first-degree murder” if evidence tending to impeach the witness had been properly disclosed
• explaining that, because a wit- ness’s testimony was \crucial\ to proving premeditation, there was \a reasonable probability that [the defendant] would not have been convicted of first-degree murder\ if evidence tend- ing to impeach the witness had been properly disclosed
• rejecting government’s argument that notwithstanding missing evidence revealing government’s agreement with a key witness, “it was obvious to the jury that [the witness] expected consideration from the prosecution in exchange for her trial testimony”
• “The remedy for a Brady violation . . . usually entitles a defendant to a new trial.”
• “AEDPA’s deference requirement does not apply when a claim made on federal habeas review is premised on Brady material that has surfaced for the first time during federal proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).