Legal Opinion
Adams v. Commissioner of Correction
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 3, 2011No. AC 31388PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROBINSON, J.
The petitioner, Sean Adams, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that he failed to prove that the state withheld impeachment evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 (1963). In addition, he asserts that he was deprived of a fair trial by the state’s knowing use of false testimony. We reverse the judgment of the habeas court.
The facts surrounding the petitioner’s underlying conviction were…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Adams v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011