STATE v. KNAPPER

No. 90-KP-1435.

579 So.2d 956 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Isaac KNAPPER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie A. White, Michael G. Riehlmann, for relator Isaac Knapper.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Jack Peebles, Pamela Moran, for plaintiff-respondent State of La.


LEMMON, Justice.

The issue in this post-conviction proceeding is whether the prosecutor, after being requested to disclose exculpatory evidence in the capital murder case, withheld from the defense a police report containing information favorable to the defendant and material to the issue of his guilt or innocence.

On April 12, 1979 at about 9:00 p.m., two young black men, one holding a revolver, confronted two tourists outside a New Orleans hotel and demanded...

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