Legal Opinion

Simmons v. Beard

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 11, 2009No. 05-9001PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge:

Appellee-Petitioner Ernest Simmons was convicted in Pennsylvania state court of robbery and murder in the first degree, and subsequently sentenced to death. Both his direct appeal and petition for post-conviction relief were denied in state court, but the District Court granted Simmons’s habeas petition oh the ground that the state prosecutors had withheld several pieces of material exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). Appellants, various Pennsylvania state officials (“the…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by125 opinions

  1. Richard Wesley v. Alison CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
  2. Blystone v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  3. Williams v. BeardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Breakiron v. HornCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011

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