United States Third Circuit
Johnson v. Folino, 11-3250
District court's denial of habeas corpus petition, based on Brady violations by the prosecution, is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the proper inquiry is whether the undisclosed evidence is admissible itself or could have led to the discovery of admissible evidence that could have made a difference in the outcome of the trial sufficient to establish a "reasonable probability" of a different result; 2) the district court failed to conduct an item-by-item and cumulative evaluation of the suppressed evidence; and 3) the district court's conclusion that the suppressed evidence would have been inadmissible is unsupported.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/16/2013
- Published 01/16/2013
Judges
- RENDELL
Court
- United States Third Circuit