State Ex Rel. Engel v. Dormire

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• holding that defendant's discovery of cumulating instances where the State withheld the disclosure of evidence which could have been used to impeach a key witness permitted habeas review of defendant’s claimed Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963
• holding habeas petitioner must establish that the grounds relied on were not known to him during direct appeal or post-conviction proceedings
• entertaining successive habeas corpus petition alleging Brady violations following denial by circuit court and court of appeals
• nondisclosure of impeachment evidence prejudicial per Brady ; witness was prosecution's key witness and defense hinged on undermining his credibility
• even if the prosecutor is unaware of evidence uncovered by investigators, the State is under a duty to disclose that evidence because the investigators are part of the prosecution team
• even if the prosecutor is unaware of evidence uncovered by investigators, the State is under a duty to disclose that evidence because the investigators are part of the prosecution team

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