Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Edward Kennedy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1989No. 86-6313PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Michael Edward Kennedy, a federal prisoner, timely appeals from the denial of a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his convictions for felony murder and rape. Kennedy contends the district court erred when it held that the government’s failure to disclose a letter containing allegedly exculpatory information did not violate Kennedy’s due process rights. We affirm the district court order.
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Kennedy was indicted in February 1980 for murder, felony murder, and rape, arising from the 1979 rape and murder of Maria Lopez de Felix. The juries at Kennedy’s first two…
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