Bruce Wayne Morris v. Eddie Ylst, Acting Warden for the California State Prison at San Quentin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
GRABER, Circuit Judge.
A California jury found Petitioner Bruce Wayne Morris guilty of first-degree murder and robbery, and he was sentenced to death in 1987. We have considered his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and a related mandamus petition, on three previous occasions and have already vacated Petitioner’s death sentence and ordered a new penalty-phase trial. 1 In this fourth appeal, we consider the last two remaining guilt-phase issues: alleged failure of the prosecution to turn over material exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10…
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- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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