Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Ex Parte Damon Jerome Richardson, Applicant

March 13, 20022002 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 45

Summary

The Court held that the State violated Brady by failing to disclose Officer Goldston's diary, which contained material impeachment evidence against the star witness, Anita Hanson; the undisclosed evidence was material and its suppression warranted granting habeas relief, setting aside the capital murder conviction and remanding for indictment.