Court Opinion

ID: 9536444
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 06:59:57.815798+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:54:29.713462
License: Public Domain

JOHNSON, Judge,
concurring in result:
I am aware of the holding in United States v. Bagley, 473 U.S. 667, 105 S.Ct. 3375, 87 L.Ed.2d 481 (1985). What Bagley has written modifies the previous writs of the Supreme Court holding in the Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). Basically, by putting a new proviso on Brady that failure to disclose requested impeachment evidence or convictions would not be constitutional error unless there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceedings would have been different.
In this case it appears that the one witness, Calvin Nunley, who was the only party linking Stevens to the crime, had at least four felony convictions. It further appears that at the time of trial only one of the felony convictions was admitted. Had the jury known of three other convictions, it would appear that the conclusion as to guilt or innocence may well have been different. Therefore, I concur in the result but do wish to point out the Bagley decision separate.