United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant-Border Patrol Agent's conviction for excessive force in an arrest is reversed where the prosecution violated its duty under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), by suppressing favorable material evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2004
• Published 10/18/2004

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennifer Levin (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Appellate Section, David Kevin Flynn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy M. Simonson (argued), Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.