STRICKLER v. GREENE

No. 98-5864.

527 U.S. 263 (1999)

STRICKLER v. GREENE, WARDEN

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miguel A. Estrada argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Barbara L. Hartung, Mark E. Olive, and John H. Blume.

Pamela A. Rumpz, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Mark L. Earley, Attorney General.*

Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Scalia, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined in full, in which Kennedy and Souter, JJ., joined as to Part III, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Parts I and IV. Souter, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Kennedy, J., joined as to Part II, p. 296.


Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

The District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus and vacated his capital murder conviction and death sentence on the grounds that the Commonwealth had failed to disclose important exculpatory evidence and that petitioner had not, in consequence, received a fair trial. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...

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