Legal Opinion
Wearry v. Perrilloux
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided April 17, 2023No. 3:18-cv-00594Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MICHAEL WEARRY CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 18-594-SDD-SDJ SCOTT M. PERRILLOUX, et al. ORDER In 2002, Plaintiff Michael Wearry was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the 1998 killing of Eric Walber. After spending years on death row, in 2016, the United States Supreme Court vacated Mr. Wearry’s conviction, finding “the prosecution's failure to disclose material evidence violated Wearry's due process rights.” Wearry v. Cain, 577 U.S. 385, 392 (2016). “Beyond doubt,” the Court noted, “the newly revealed evidence…
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