IN RE BROWN

No. 19-0877.

614 S.W.3d 712 (2020)

IN RE Alfred Dewayne BROWN, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: December 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal S. Manne , Joseph S. Grinstein , Shawn L. Raymond , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, Rachel Anne Ekery , Wallace B. Jefferson , Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP, Austin, for Relator.

Kyle D. Hawkins , Solicitor General, W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Philip A. Lionberger , Assistant Solicitor General, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Asst. Attorney General, Bethany Spare , Office of Attorney General, Nancy L. Prosser , Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Austin, for Real Party in Interest Glenn Hegar.

Ronald Lynn Beal, pro se.

Steven C. Levatino , Levatino Pace LLP, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Daniel Cardinal DiNardo.

Collin Joe Cox , Yetter Coleman, LLP, Houston, for Amici Curiae Rodney Ellis, Cory Session.

Harry M. Reasoner , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, Thomas S. Leatherbury , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, James Dawson , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Faith and Community Leaders.

Edmund Heimlich, pro se.

Gary A. Udashen , Udashen & Anton, Dallas, Charles Press , University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin, for Amici Curiae the Actual Innocence Clinic of the University of Texas Law School, Innocence Project of Texas, Innocence Project, Inc.

Bill Jones , The Jones Firm, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Rick Perry.

John Wesley Raley, pro se.

Curt Webb , David M. Gunn , Nicholas M. Bruno , Fields Alexander , Michael Ernest Richardson II , Troy Ford , Geoffrey A. Gannaway , Russell S. Post , Charles `Chad' R. Flores , Matthew Paul Whitley , Thomas Edward Ganucheau , Owen J. McGovern , Kathryn June Skagerberg , Alex Benjamin Roberts , Beck Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Constance H. Pfeiffer , Yetter Coleman LLP, Mark C. Rodriguez , Kathleen A. Gallagher , Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston, for Amicus Curiae the Cato Institute.


Alfred Dewayne Brown was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death because the prosecuting attorney withheld and suppressed exculpatory evidence.1 After securing release from prison, dismissal of all charges, and a judicial...

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