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CASEY LEE ANDERSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 21, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail H. Hornsby, Assistant Attorney General; Courtney Lynch, District Attorney General; and Steven Strain and Cara Sapp, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

Attorneys 2: Elizabeth Greer Adams and Michael P. Dowd, Dunlap, Tennessee, for the appellee, Casey Lee Anderson.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

The Petitioner, Casey Lee Anderson, pled guilty to second degree murder and received a sentence of nineteen years’ imprisonment. He later filed a petition for post-conviction relief, claiming that the State had violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), by failing to disclose a witness statement before he entered the plea. After a hearing, the post- conviction court granted relief, finding that the State had violated Brady by failing to disclose the statement. On appeal, the State argues that the post-conviction court erred in granting relief, asserting that the Petitioner failed to prove that the statement was material. Upon our de novo review, we agree with the State. As such, we respectfully reverse the post-conviction court’s judgment and remand the case to reinstate the Petitioner’s conviction.

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