Guzman v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

In this death penalty case, Respondents-Appellees appeal the District Court’s Order granting Petitioner Guzman a new trial based upon Brady 1 and Giglio 2 errors involving the State’s payment of $500 in reward money to Martha Cronin, the state’s key witness. 3 As to the Giglio violation, Guzman argues that Cronin and the lead detective in this case, Allison Sylvester, both testified falsely at trial that Cronin received no benefit for her testimony against Guzman, other than being taken to a motel rather than to jail after she was arrested on unrelated charges. With…