P. v. Pickens
Terry Leslie Pickens, Jr., (hereafter defendant) asserts on direct appeal and in a petition for writ of habeas corpus that his conviction must be reversed because the prosecutor failed to provide impeachment evidence pertaining to the prosecutions drug expert, in violation of Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83 (hereafter sometimes Brady), or alternatively because his attorney failed to obtain and introduce available impeachment evidence. We consolidated the habeas petition with the appeal for the sole purpose of determining whether an order to show cause should issue. Court find that defendant has failed to state a prima facie case on either his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel or his Brady claim. Court therefore deny his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Finding no error with respect to defendants other contentions raised in his appeal, Court otherwise affirm the conviction.
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