Williams v. State (Majority, with Dissenting)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that reversal was not warranted because Appellant failed to establish a meritorious Brady claim.
In 1994, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2015, Appellant filed a petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court to consider his petition for error coram nobis on the ground that the State had suppressed exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). The circuit court ultimately denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in denying Appellant's error coram nobis petition.
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