· 6/6/1946
Protest 117852-K of Adler
Citations
- 16 Cust. Ct. 304
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that the prosecution committed a Brady violation because it withheld impeachment evidence that was material to central issues at trial
- explaining that the prosecution committed a Brady violation because it withheld impeachment evidence that was material to central issues at trial
- finding Brady violation when withheld impeachment evidence was material to central issues at trial and was qualitatively different from other evidence admitted at trial
- discussing Napue and Brady claims, both of which are grounded in due process, and neither of which relates to assistance of counsel
- conviction on evidence that prosecution knows or should have known to be false violates federal due process; citing cases
- where any nondisclosure of disputed evidence did not cause the petitioner to suffer prejudice, then the evi- dence was not material under Brady
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