Legal Opinion
Zuluaga v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 19, 2009No. 08-1402PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Luis Zuluaga appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging his rights under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), were violated in the state criminal proceedings. Zuluaga v. Spencer, No. Civ. A. 05-CV-11856 (D.Mass. Jan. 31, 2008). His state conviction in October 1994 was on the charge of trafficking in over two hundred grams of cocaine; his two later motions for new trial were denied.
The petitioner’s theory is that the prosecutors violated Brady by not disclosing before his…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Early v. PackerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Knight v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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