Opinion ID: 616819
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Morgan's Giglio Claim

Text: Morgan also contends that the State violated his due process rights by presenting the false testimony of Prater and Gregson. Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 154, 92 S.Ct. 763 (1972). Whether the State violated Morgan's due process rights by a knowing use of perjured Prater testimony turns on Prater's recanted testimony. We have accepted the Illinois Supreme Court's finding that Prater's recantation was incredible. Accordingly, the rejection of Morgan's Giglio claim as to Prater was not unreasonable. Morgan's Giglio claim as to Gregson also fails. Here, Morgan relies on circumstantial evidence of a leniency agreement to support his contention that Gregson's testimony was perjured. But even if a leniency agreement existed, it does not follow that Gregson's trial testimony was false. The only evidence that Morgan can muster to support his argument that Gregson's testimony was false is Prater's recantation. But as we just explained, the State reasonably concluded that Prater's recantation was incredible. The Illinois Supreme Court's rejection of Morgan's Giglio claim as to Gregson was not unreasonable.