Rodriguez v. Secretary, FL DOC, No. 11-13273 (11th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, sentenced to death for committing three murders during the course of a burglary, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court concluded that it could not grant federal habeas relief on petitioner's Giglio v. United States and Brady v. Maryland claims where petitioner's false scenario had a substantial and injurious effect or influence over the jury's verdict. Assuming that the detectives' motivation for providing a witness visits with his family and a conjugal visit with his wife was not expressly communicated to the defense, the Florida Supreme Court's decision that the information was not material, and that a Giglio and Brady violation had not occurred, did not amount to an adjudication that was contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, Supreme Court precedent. The state did not violate Brady when it failed to disclose two letters from a jail inmate. Finally, the State did not violate Brady when it failed to disclose the letters pertaining to the potential impeachment of another witness. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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