Ernest C. Collier v. Cecil Davis, Superintendent of the Indiana State Prison

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Ernest T. Collier, after unsuccessful direct and post-conviction appeals of his murder and criminal recklessness convictions in Indiana state court, seeks federal habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. After the district court denied Collier’s petition and declined to issue a certificate of appealability, we issued a cer-tifícate of appealability to determine whether the State’s alleged failure to disclose an understanding or informal agreement of leniency in exchange for the key witness’s testimony violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10…