United States Sixth Circuit

District court's grant of conditional habeas relief to a defendant convicted of first degree murder is affirmed as withholding impeachment evidence regarding a witness's status as a confidential informer was material under Brady because there was a reasonable probability that disclosure of the evidence would have resulted in a different outcome for the proceeding.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/08/2009
• Decided 01/28/2010
• Published 01/28/2010

Judges

• Before RYAN, COLE, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:John H. Bledsoe, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Henry A. Martin, Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:John H. Bledsoe, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Henry A. Martin, Michael C. Holley, Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.