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United States v. Jackson

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Sep 7, 1976
538 F.2d 95 (5th Cir. 1976)

Opinion

No. 75-3135.

September 7, 1976.

Emmett Colvin, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Frank D. McCown, U.S. Atty., Ft. Worth, Tex., William F. Sanderson, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Before DYER, CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING [2] (Opinion August 5, 1976, 5 Cir. 1976, 536 F.2d 628)


Appellant complains that the court, in denying his Brady claim, overlooked the fact that a Brady request was made at the trial level. Reexamining the trial record we find that a general request for Brady material was made but this in no way changes the standard of materiality to be applied. The Supreme Court has recently equated a general request with no request at all:

[W]e conclude that there is no significant difference between cases in which there has been merely a general request for exculpatory matter and cases, like the one we must now decide, in which there has been no request at all.

United States v. Agurs, ___ U.S. ___, 96 S.Ct. 2392, 2399, 49 L.Ed.2d 342 (1976).

IT IS ORDERED that the petition for rehearing filed in the above entitled and numbered cause be and the same is hereby DENIED.


Summaries of

United States v. Jackson

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Sep 7, 1976
538 F.2d 95 (5th Cir. 1976)
Case details for

United States v. Jackson

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. CHARLES STAFFORD JACKSON…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Sep 7, 1976

Citations

538 F.2d 95 (5th Cir. 1976)

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