James Edward Mercer v. Commonwealth of Virginia

HUMPHREYS, Judge.

James Edward Mercer (“Mercer”) appeals the October 7, 2014 decision of the Circuit Court of Caroline County (the “circuit court”) finding that no Brady violation occurred in his case and its decision denying Mercer’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial. Mercer’s single assignment of error is that the circuit court’s ruling constitutes a violation of his Fourteenth Amendment rights under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), because of “the Commonwealth’s failure to disclose evidence about the quality and reliability of the work…