United States Seventh Circuit

The state's failure to disclose prior abuse evidence against a police officer, to whom defendant gave a confession which he later sought to suppress, did not violate Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83; a claim of ineffective assistance, for failure to discover that evidence fails.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/24/2002
• Decided 06/27/2002
• Published 06/27/2002

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Horn (Argued), H. Elizabeth Kelley, Tinley Park, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Judy L. DeAngelis (Argued), Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.