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CONNICK v. THOMPSON

No. 09-571.

131 S.Ct. 1350 (2011)

563 U.S. 51

Harry F. CONNICK, District Attorney, et al., Petitioners, v. John THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart K. Duncan, Baton Rouge, LA, for Petitioners.

Gordon Cooney, Jr., Philadelphia, PA, for Respondent.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General, S. Kyle Duncan, Ross W. Bergethon, Robert Abendroth, Assistant Attorneys General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., Orleans Parish District Attorney, Graymond F. Martin, First Assistant District Attorney, Donna R. Andrieu. New Orleans, LA, for Petitioners.

R. Ted Cruz, Allyson N. Ho, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Houston, Texas, Michael L. Banks, J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Respondent.

Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office now concedes that, in prosecuting respondent John Thompson for attempted armed robbery, prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that should have been turned over to the defense under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). Thompson was convicted. Because of that conviction Thompson elected not to testify...

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