Cantone v. Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

Petitioner, acting pro se,1 has brought this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His central claim is that the State in violation of Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 and Mooney v. Holohan (1935) 294 U.S. 103, 55 S.Ct. 340, 79 L.Ed. 791 failed to furnish him prior to or during his trial in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, with certain potentially exculpatory material which had been requested by his counsel. For the reasons detailed below, we grant the petition.2

*441INTRODUCTION

Petitioner…