Ratchford v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseIn 2002, after a jury trial, Petitioner was found guilty of the rape of a child less than fourteen years of age and two counts of sexual assault in the first degree. In 2014, Petitioner filed a pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, asserting that material evidence was withheld from him in violation of Brady v. Maryland. The Supreme Court denied relief. In 2015, Petitioner filed a second pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction to proceed with a coram-nobis petition, asserting that he obtained new evidence of a Brady violation. The Supreme Court denied the petition on the ground that Petitioner failed to bring all allegations in his first coram-nobis petition, Petitioner failed to exercise diligence in bringing his claim regarding the evidence at issue, and the evidence would not have been sufficient to undermine confidence in the verdict.
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