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Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution of the United States, the prosecution must turn over to a criminal defendant any significant evidence in its possession that suggests the defendant is not guilty (exculpatory evidence).
United States v. Williams, 504 U.S. 36 (1992), was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the presentation of exculpatory evidence to a grand jury.It ruled that the federal courts do not have the supervisory power to require prosecutors to present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury.
The petitioner death row inmate had not forfeited the opportunity to argue that prosecutors withheld evidence important to his defense. Dean v. United States: 556 U.S. 568 (2009) Upheld sentence for discharging a firearm during a violent crime, Congress intended a defendant to be held strictly liable for such an offense. Flores-Figueroa v ...
The prosecutors never withheld evidence. The case’s true lesson is about the emerging dangers of prosecutors confessing phantom “errors,” and sometimes even throwing cases on purpose ...
A motion regarding the withholding of that evidence was filed Monday, Sept. 30, by defense attorneys. El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks and Patrick Crusius' attorney Joe Spencer speak at the ...
She allegedly violated two sections of Rule 3.8 by "intentionally avoiding pursuit of evidence and information because it may have damaged the prosecution's case or aided the defense; and by ...
The Brady doctrine is a pretrial discovery rule that was established by the United States Supreme Court in Brady v. Maryland (1963). [2] The rule requires that the prosecution must turn over all exculpatory evidence to the defendant in a criminal case.
A judge on Monday upheld a guilty verdict against “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, finding that withheld evidence would not have changed the outcome of the trial. The defense asked for a ...