Legal Opinion
Peter Ventura v. Attorney General, State of Florid
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 2005No. 04-14564PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case, Peter Ventura has petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief on the ground that the state prosecutor’s knowing failure to correct a key government witness’s false testimony that he received no consideration in exchange for his testimony violated Ventura’s due process rights, as established in Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 92 S.Ct. 763, 31 L.Ed.2d 104 (1972). The Supreme Court of Florida denied post-conviction relief, reasoning that Giglio’s materiality element was unsatisfied, since there was no reasonable likelihood that the false…
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