United States Fourth Circuit

Had the habeas evidence been properly disclosed, there is a reasonable probability that plaintiff would not have been convicted of first-degree murder, thus the district court's award of habeas relief is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2003
• Published 03/26/2003

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and GOODWIN, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John H. McLees, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.  Stephen Atherton Northup, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.  Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General of Virginia, Stephen R. McCullough, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.  George A. Somerville, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia;  Frederick R. Gerson, Robinson, Carl & Gerson, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.  David B. Hargett, Hargett & Watson, P.L.C., Richmond, Virginia;  James O. Broccoletti, Zoby & Broccoletti, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae.