United States Ninth Circuit

The district attorney violated its constitutional duty to disclose material exculpatory evidence when it failed to reveal a deal made to prevent an evaluation of the competence of the State's star witness.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/22/2005
• Decided 07/26/2005
• Published 07/26/2005

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: B. FLETCHER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Phillip A. Treviño, Los Angeles, CA, argued for the petitioner-appellant.   With him on the briefs was Michael J. Brennan, Manhattan Beach, CA.


• For Appellees:
  
• Teresa Torreblanca, San Diego, CA, argued for the respondent-appellee.   Robert M. Foster, San Diego, CA, was on the brief.