Legal Opinion
Robert Breest v. Everett I. Perrin, Jr., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 11, 1980No. 79-1616PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
The chief issue presented on this appeal is whether the prosecution’s acquiescence in a witness’s erroneous assertion that he had not been offered any deal for his testimony constituted a denial of due process under Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 79 S.Ct. *11131173, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959), and Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 92 S.Ct. 763, 31 L.Ed.2d 104 (1972). Finding that it did not, we affirm the decision of the district court, 479 F.Supp. 495, and deny the petition for habeas corpus relief.
On the night of Saturday, February 27, 1971, an eighteen year old woman…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. Anthony Antone, Manuel Gispert, Larry Neil Miller, Frank Diecidue, A/K/A "The Under Boss," Frank Boni, Jr., and Homer Rex DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Thomas E. Taylor v. William LombardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Pike v. GuarinoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Fitzgerald v. BassCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
- Robert Breest v. Everett I. Perrin, Jr., Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, Frederick J. Martineau v. Richard T. McCarthy Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- State v. DewittSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1998
- State v. BrunetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
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