Legal Opinion

Anthony John Ponticelli v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 16, 2012No. 11-11966PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

Anthony Ponticelli, a Florida prisoner sentenced to death for the murder of two brothers, Nick and Ralph Grandinetti, raises two issues about the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. First, Ponticelli argues that the prosecution violated his right to due process when it allegedly suppressed evidence of and failed to correct false testimony about an agreement to provide immunity for a witness for the state and about Ponticelli’s use of cocaine shortly before the murders. See Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); see Giglio v.…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Ledford v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  2. Evans v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
  3. Keith Tharpe v. WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  4. Richard L Sealey v. Warden GDCP.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
  5. Donald Dallas v. WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020

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