Supreme Court of California

A petition for habeas relief from a death sentence for a murder conviction is granted, as petitioner has established through evidence that he presented at the reference hearing and that the referee found to be credible that the prosecution violated its disclosure obligations under Brady when it failed to disclose evidence that would have supported a case in mitigation at the penalty phase that petitioner committed the two murders because of a Colombian drug cartel's death threats against him and his family.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2012
• Published 08/27/2012

Judges

• Kennard

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel