United States Ninth Circuit

District court's judgment denying petitioner's habeas corpus petition challenging his Nevada conviction for possessing stolen property (a ring commemorating Randy Street's 1991-1992 national college wrestling championship) is reversed where petitioner is entitled to relief under Brady v. Maryland based on the prosecution’s failure to disclose that, prior to trial, Street told the prosecutor and the investigating detective that the ring might have been lost outside, not stolen from his apartment, just as petitioner's lawyer had argued to the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/12/2015
• Published 05/12/2015

Judges

• Owens

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel