State Ex Rel. Darrell J. Robinson v. Darrel Vannoy

Summary

The court held that the State violated the defendant's due process rights by suppressing favorable impeachment, forensic, and witness evidence and by allowing misleading testimony and argument concerning a jailhouse informant to go uncorrected. Considering the suppressed evidence cumulatively, the court concluded that confidence in the guilt verdict was undermined and ordered a new trial. The opinion also held that the district court applied an incorrect, item-by-item materiality analysis.