Free Statement of Recent Decision - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-04845-SI

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1 COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN 2 California State Bar No. 187609 1350 Columbia Street, Suite 600 3 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone No. (619) 794-0420 4 Facsimile No. (619) 652-9964 ETHAN A. BALOGH 5 California State Bar No. 172224 255 Kansas Street, Suite 340 6 San Francisco, California 94103 Telephone No. (415) 565-9600 7 Facsimile No. (415) 565-9601 8 Attorneys for Petitioner Eliot Scott Grizzle 9 10 11 ELIOT SCOTT GRIZZLE, 12 13 v. 14 ROBERT HOREL, 15 16 17 Petitioner, Eliot Scott Grizzle, respectfully submits the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in F.3d , Nos. 04-99006, 04-99007, 2008 WL 185528 (9th Cir. Jan. 23, 2008) as Respondent. Petitioner, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. C 07-4845 SI

STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISION

18 Jackson v. Brown,

19 supplemental authority. In Jackson, the Ninth Circuit granted a petitioner habeas corpus relief due to Brady 20 and Mooney-Napue violations arising from the prosecution's use of cooperating witnesses. Jackson supports 21 Mr. Grizzle's contentions that the prosecution engaged in Brady and Mooney-Napue violations with respect 22 to its cooperating witnesses. In particular, the Ninth Circuit emphasized that Brady and Mooney-Napue 23 violations must be considered cumulatively for purposes of determining materiality or prejudice. 24 25 26 Dated: February 1, 2008 27 28 s/Benjamin L. Coleman, Ethan A. Balogh COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN ETHAN A. BALOGH Attorneys for Mr. Grizzle Respectfully submitted,

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1 I, the undersigned, say: 2 3

PROOF OF SERVICE

1) That I am over eighteen years of age, a resident of the County of San Diego, State of 4 California, and not a party in the within action; 5 6 3) That on February 1, 2008, I served a copy of the attached Statement of Recent Decision on counsel for respondent by e-mailing a copy to [email protected]. and by sending a copy via U.S. Mail 8 to Jill M. Thayer, Deputy Attorney General, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000, San Francisco, CA 9 94102-7004. 7 10 4) That on February 1, 2008, I served a copy of the attached Statement of Recent Decision on Eliot Scott Grizzle via U.S. Mail by sending a copy to Eliot Scott Grizzle, H-10106, Pelican Bay State Prison, 12 P.O. Box 7500, Crescent City, CA 95532. 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 s/Benjamin L. Coleman BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on February 1, 2008, at San Diego, California. 2) That my business address is 1350 Columbia Street, Suite 600, San Diego, California, 92101;

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