Legal Opinion
Connick v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 29, 2011No. 09-571PublishedCited by 4,235 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION OF THE COURT
[563 U.S. 54]
2Opinion of the Court · ThomasJustice Thomas
The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office now concedes that, in prosecuting respondent John Thompson for attempted armed robbery, prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that should have been turned over to the defense under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 (1963). Thompson was convicted. Because of that conviction Thompson elected not to testify defense in his later trial for murder, and he was again convicted. Thompson spent 18 years in prison, including 14 years on death row. One month before Thompson’s scheduled…
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