Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Almeida v. Baldi
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 27, 1952No. 10478_1PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
The major question on this appeal is whether the deliberate suppression by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of -evidence vital to the defense in the trial of a capital case is such a violation of due process as to vitiate those proceedings.
Almeida, with two companions, Hough and Smith, all armed, robbed a supermarket in Philadelphia. A shooting affray occurred and an off-duty policeman, Ingling, was killed. At Almeida’s trial the Commonwealth produced evidence tending to show that he had fired the fatal shot. Almeida attempted to show by cross-examination (he did not take…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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3Cited by139 opinions
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