Supreme Court of California

The grant of habeas relief to defendant is reversed where evidence that was allegedly unlawfully withheld was not "material" within the meaning of Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2005
• Published 06/06/2005

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gail Harper, San Francisco, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner and for Defendant and Appellant., Kenneth I. Clayman, Public Defender (Ventura) and Michael C. McMahon, Chief Deputy Public Defender, for California Public Defenders Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Carol Wendelin Pollack and Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorneys General, Linda C. Johnson, Scott A. Taryle, Donald E. De Nicola, Robert F. Katz, Roy C. Preminger, John R. Gorey and Michael J. Wise, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Steve Cooley, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Curt Livesay, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Lael Rubin, Head Deputy District Attorney, and Brent Riggs, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.