MADDOX V. MONTGOMERY United States Courts of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit 718 F.2d 1033 (11th Cir. 1983) Facts:

Jimmy Maddox was convicted of rape in a Georgia state court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Having unsuccessfully pursued his direct appeal and the state post-conviction remedy, Maddox filed a federal habeas corpus petition alleging prosecutorial suppression of exculpatory evidence in violation of the doctrine of Brady v. Maryland. There are four types of situations in which the Brady doctrine applies; the prosecutor did not disclosed information despite the defense attorneys request, the prosecutor also did not disclosed information the general defenses request for all exculpatory information or without their request at all, the prosecutor knew or should have known that the conviction is based on false evidence which he or she failed to disclose. Surely impeaching evidence was not concerning a substantive issue, in the absence of the defense request. In United States V. Anderson it requires proof that the accused believed that some particular "official proceeding" was likely to occur in the near future, and was incorrectly instructed that an "official proceeding" includes an investigation.

Issue:
Specifically, Maddox requested that his rights due process was violated as it is outlined and in violation of the doctrine of Brady v. Maryland. The state failed to disclose a photograph taken by the police shortly after the alleged rape showing Elder's bed was neatly made. A police examination of the bedspread which revealed no