Thompson v. Weber
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial in 1995, Petitioner was convicted of child rape, sexual contact, disseminating harmful material to minors, and indecent exposure. Petitioner was acquitted in the same trial of raping two other children. Approximately a decade later, in a habeas corpus proceeding, the counseling records for the child Petitioner was convicted of raping were first disclosed. The habeas court denied Petitioner's amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus and Petitioner's amended motion for a certificate of probable cause, concluding that Petitioner had not shown "a reasonable probability that the specific timing of the disclosure would have created reasonable doubt in the jurors' minds considering the entire record." The Supreme Court issued a certificate of probable cause, resulting in this appeal. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Petitioner was not denied due process because of the State's failure to produce the counseling records, as there was no reasonable probability that, had the evidence been timely disclosed to the defense, the result of Petitioner's trial would have been different.
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