Guzman v. Secretary, Dept. of Corrections, et al., No. 10-11442 (11th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseRespondent appealed the district court's order granting petitioner a new trial based upon Brady v. Maryland and Giglio v. United States errors involving the State's payment of $500 in reward money to the state's key witness. As a preliminary matter, the court observed that in this case, there were no issues of procedural bar, exhaustion, statute of limitations, or non-retroactivity often encountered in habeas cases. The court held that, pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. 2254(d)(1), deferential standard of review, because petitioner demonstrated an unreasonable application by the state court of the Giglio standard, the court affirmed the district court's order granting habeas relief.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on December 7, 2011.
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