· 3/10/1999
Wright v. Hopper
Citations
- 169 F.3d 695
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 3746
- 1999 WL 125557
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that inadmissible evidence can still be admissible but “[a] court cannot speculate as to what evidence the defense might have found if the information had been disclosed”
- finding that where testimony was neither suppressed nor material there was no Brady violation
- “Wright provides the court with no explanation or evidence to establish cause and prejudice. Accordingly, the remaining claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are barred from federal habeas review.”
- alterations added; quoting McCoy v. Newsome, 953 F.2d 1252, 1258 (11th Cir. 1992)
- no Brady violation where material was publicly available
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Birch, Dubina, Barkett
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