Supreme Court· 10/10/1995

Wood v. Bartholomew

Citations

516 U.S. 1
116 S. Ct. 7
133 L. Ed. 2d 1
1995 U.S. LEXIS 6760

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finding that evidence that is inadmissible under state law is not material for purposes of establishing a Brady violation
finding that polygraph results could not be considered Brady material when those results would not have been admissible under state law
finding that polygraph results were not evidence for Brady purposes because they were inadmissible under state law
holding evidence \material\ under Brady only where there exists reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed, the result of trial would have been different
noting that federal courts should not grant “habeas relief on the basis of little more than speculation with slight support”
stating that a federal court may not grant habeas relief “on the basis of little more than speculation with slight support.”

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Judges: Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

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