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· 4/14/2020

Pilkin v. United States Department of Justice

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  • holding that retrial may be barred as a violation of the right to fair trial if the defendant requested a mistrial due to outrageous government conduct
  • holding that retrial may be barred as a violation of the right to fair trial if the defendant requested a mistrial due to outrageous government conduct
  • upholding dismissal under CrR 8.3(b) where Brady violations constituted prejudicial misconduct by the government
  • affirming dismissal for State’s prejudicial failure to provide evidence in a timely manner
  • affirming dismissal for State’s prejudicial failure to timely disclose material evidence
  • State violated defendant’s due process when it knew about exculpatory evidence but failed to provide the exculpatory evidence to the defense until just before the State rested its case in chief

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Judges: Judge Amy Berman Jackson

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