Gregory White v. Ross Maggio, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Ross Maggio, Acting Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, urges reversal of the grant of a writ of habeas corpus. The district court issued the writ because the State refused to produce certain tangible evidence for pretrial inspection by the defense, as required by the due process clause on the strength of Barnard v. Henderson, 5 Cir. 1975, 514 F.2d 744. The district court granted the writ to Gregory White, who was convicted of second degree murder by a Louisiana state court in 1974. On appeal the State argues that the district court incorrectly…