LEWIS v. CONNECTICUT COM'R OF CORRECTION

No. 14-193-pr.

790 F.3d 109 (2015)

Scott LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. CONNECTICUT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 14, 2015.

Amended: June 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett Dignam ( Elora Mukherjee , on the brief), Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., New York, N.Y., for Petitioner-Appellee.

Michael Proto , Office of the Chief State's Attorney, Rocky Hill, C.T., for Respondent-Appellant.

Before: WINTER, WALKER, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


In 1990, a jury convicted Petitioner Scott Lewis of murdering Ricardo Turner and Lamont Fields. The government's case against Lewis depended almost entirely on the testimony of its key witness — Ovil Ruiz. At the time of Lewis's trial, however, the State failed to disclose to the defense that Ruiz had repeatedly...

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