United States Seventh Circuit

In a section 2254 petition for relief from a battery conviction, the district court erred by not conducting an in camera review to evaluate whether a video of the battery was in fact exculpatory, or assessing whether the state had a legitimate security reason to withhold the tape in any event.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/15/2003
• Published 09/15/2003

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, POSNER, RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Clyde Piggie, Pendleton Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frances Barrow, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.