State Ex Rel. Engel v. Dormire

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

At issue in this case is whether habeas petitioner Gary Engel’s convictions should be vacated because they are undermined by newly discovered evidence. This Court finds that material impeachment information was wrongly undisclosed to Engel during his trial, which violated his due process rights pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). Accordingly, Engel’s convictions are vacated.

I. Procedural Background

Engel was arrested in July 1990 on charges stemming from a 1984 armed kidnapping. The State alleged that Engel, along with…