Legal Opinion
Linroy Davis v. Louis B. Heyd, Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1973No. 72-1512PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is by Davis, a state prisoner under a 15-year sentence for manslaughter, from the denial of federal ha-beas relief.1 The central legal issue is nondisclosure by the prosecution of evidence favorable to the petitioner and material to his guilt. The nondiselosed evidence consisted of written out-of-court statements by witnesses and photographs of petitioner, all taken shortly after the incident out of which the charge arose.2 We reverse.
The death for which petitioner was convicted occurred in an affray between Davis on the one hand and Reverend Dyer and his…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Jerry Lane Jurek v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Westley v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Newton Wilkerson Anderson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Larry Leon Chaney v. John N. Brown, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Carter v. RaffertyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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