Whether the Orange County District Attorney's Unlawful Scheme to Secretly Use and Failure to Disclose a Criminal Informant Violated Brady?

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Orange County District Attorney’s Unlawful Scheme to Secretly Use and Failure to Disclose a Criminal Informant Violated Brady? 1 TOPICAL INDEX Page CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS CUSTODY STATUS OF PETITIONER .2 A. State Court Trial Proceedings .2 B. Direct Appeal . 0.0.0. c eee C. State Habeas Proceedings .3 D. Federal Habeas Proceedings .3 STATEMENT OF THE FACTS .4 The Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Illegally Used a Criminal Informant to Coerce Duran to Inculpate Begaren and Failed to Disclose the Exculpatory Brady Evidence .4 REASON TO GRANT CERTIORARI .7 I. THE OCDA VIOLATED BRADY BY USING AN SECRET, UNLAWFUL CRIMINAL INFORMANT TO A. Introduction . 0.0.0.0 cece eee T il B. Several Courts Have Reversed Cases Because of the OCSD’s Informant Scandal .9 C. The Prosecutor’s Failure to Timely Disclose the Material Exculpatory Evidence Prejudiced Begaren . 00. c cece eee eee eee ee LZ