Christopher S. Lawrence v. C.M. Lensing, Warden, Hunt Correctional Center, and Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, State of Louisiana

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• holding that the evidence is suppressed only if it is not revealed at or before trial
• no Brady claim where evidence was disclosed at trial and counsel opted not to seek a recess or continuance
• “Brady claims involve ‘the discovery, after trial of information which had been known to the prosecution but unknown to the defense.’” (citation omitted)
• “Evidence is not ‘suppressed’ if the defendant either knew, or should have known, of the essential facts permitting him to take advantage of any exculpatory evidence.”
• “Evidence is not ‘suppressed’ if the defendant either knew, or should have known, of the essential facts permitting him to take advantage of any exculpatory evidence.”
• “Brady claims involve ‘the discovery, after 41 Case: 13-70009 Document: 00512496780 Page: 42 Date Filed: 01/10/2014 No. 13-70009 trial of information which had been known to the prosecution but unknown to the defense.’” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).