United States Second Circuit

District court's judgment denying plaintiff's petition for habeas relief is vacated and remanded for discovery and a hearing on whether the prosecution knew or should have known that its psychological expert was committing perjury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2003
• Published 02/05/2003

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before:  JACOBS, POOLER, Circuit Judges, BAER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sally Wasserman, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas H. Brandt, Assistant District Attorney of Niagara County, Lockport, NY, (Matthew J. Murphy, III, District Attorney, on brief), for Respondent-Appellee.