Leroy Boone v. E. L. Paderick, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary

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• holding that duty to disclose not \neutralized because [evidence] was in the hands of the police rather than the prosecutor\
• recognizing that withholding of exculpatory evidence by police is imputed to the prosecution
• noting that “[n]o matter how good defense counsel’s argument may have been, it was apparent to the jury that it rested upon conjecture — a conjecture which the prosecutor disputed.”
• including future maintenance costs in amount-in-controversy calculation because “Plaintiff's request for relief is that Defendant construct the crossing and maintain it into perpetuity.”
• imputing to prosecutors a promise made by state police working the same case
• tentativeness of promise of leniency may increase its relevance by creating greater incentive for witness to tailor testimony to satisfy prosecution

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