The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate inmate. He was convicted of killing a prison guard during an escape attempt.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing, over afrom the three liberal justices. The court turned away David Brown, who was convicted of killing a prison guard, Capt. David Knapps, during a 1999 escape attempt from the state prison in Angola.
Only after the sentencing did prosecutors give Brown's legal team a confession from a fellow inmate, Barry Edge, that supported Brown's contention that he was not involved in Knapps' killing.that the delay violated Brown's constitutional rights under a 1963 Supreme Court decision requiring the prosecution to turn over material that would help a defendant's case.
Brown had joined a group of inmates in the escape attempt, but claimed he wasn't there when Knapps was killed inside a bathroom.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Louisiana man on death rowThe Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing. The three liberal justices dissented in that decision. The court on Monday turned away David Brown, who was convicted of killing a prison guard, Capt. David Knapps, during a 1999 escape attempt from a state prison. Brown argues his death sentence should be reconsidered because prosecutors waited until after his trial to turn over a confession from another inmate. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the delay violated Brown’s constitutional rights under a 1963 Supreme Court decision requiring the prosecution to turn over material that would help a defendant’s case.
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