Jackson v. State

STEELE, Justice.

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Robert W. Jackson appeals the judgment of the Superior Court denying his Motion for Postconviction Relief following his 1993 conviction for the murder of Elizabeth Girardi. 1 Jackson argues that his conviction directly resulted from ineffective assistance of counsel and the State’s intentional violation of Brady v. Mary land 2 when it failed to tell his counsel about an agreement between the State and Andre Johnson, a key State’s witness. Jackson contends that this agreement implicitly granted Johnson future leniency for his testimony against Jackson. Because Jackson’s…