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063476P.pdf 08/16/2007 Jerry Mark v. John Ault
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-3476
and No: 06-3513
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Melloy and Smith, Circuit
Judges]
Habeas Case - section 2254. Grant of habeas relief based on Brady
claims 24 pieces of suppressed evidence is reversed. State decision is not
contrary to Supreme Court precedent because it failed to address Brady
claims collectively. Even assuming all the evidence was wrongfully
suppressed, net effect of minimally exculpatory evidence cannot
reasonably be taken to undermine confidence in the verdict. Petitioner is
not entitled to habeas relief under "contrary to" or "unreasonable
application" provision. Petitioner's motion to expand the record with
DNA results from tests conducted on four cigarette butts is affirmed
based on failure to exhaust and that evidence would not clearly and
convincingly demonstrate that no reasonable factfinder would have found
him guilty.