State v. Broom

{¶ 1} Appellee, Romell Broom, claims that at his trial for aggravated murder, evidence favorable to him was suppressed in violation of Brady v. Maryland (1963), 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215. Having failed to raise this claim on his first petition for postconviction relief, he attempted to raise it in a successive petition. The court of appeals held that Broom was entitled to do so. We disagree and reverse.

{¶ 2} Broom was convicted of the 1984 aggravated murder of 14-year-old Tryna Middleton, with kidnapping and rape specifications, and was sentenced to death. The court of…