Legal Opinion
United States v. MacDonald
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided July 8, 1991No. 75-26-CR-3, 90-104-CIV-3-DPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
DUPREE, District Judge.
Jeffrey R. MacDonald, who is serving three consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife and two children, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on October 19, 1990 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 seeking to vacate his conviction on the grounds that the prosecution failed to disclose prior statements of witnesses at trial, withheld laboratory notes written by government agents which would have aided the defense, and exploited the suppression of the prior statements and lab notes by knowingly presenting a false and perjurious picture of…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Larry Hudson v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
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