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Fifth Circuit· 8/18/1997

Rector v. Johnson

Citations

  • 120 F.3d 551
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 22227
  • 1997 WL 469447

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that to state valid Brady claim habeas petitioner must demonstrate inter alia that “discovery of the allegedly favorable evidence was not the result of a lack of due diligence”
  • holding that to state valid Brady claim habeas petitioner must demonstrate inter alia that “discovery of the allegedly favorable evidence was not the result of a lack of due diligence”
  • holding that to state valid Brady claim habeas petitioner must demonstrate inter alia that “discovery of the allegedly favorable evidence was not the result of a lack of due diligence”
  • observing that Brady does not require the disclosure of potentially exculpatory evidence “when that evidence is either in the possession of the defendant or can be discovered by exercising due diligence”
  • reasoning that the defendant, “better than anyone else, knew [the witnesses’s] whereabouts on the night” of the crime such that the government did not suppress a store clerk’s statement that supported the defendant’s alibi
  • reasoning that the defendant, “better than anyone else, knew [the witnesses’s] whereabouts on the night” of the crime such that the government did not suppress a store clerk’s statement that supported the defendant’s alibi

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Judges: Jolly, Jones, Stewart

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