Roderick Johnson v. Louis Folino

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• noting that undisclosed evidence may be considered material when it undermines the testimony of a key witness where that testimony otherwise lacks strong corroboration
• stating that the materiality element of a Brady claim “mirror[s]” the prejudice showing that a petitioner must make to excuse a procedural default
• noting that, where suppressed evidence “would be used to impeach testimony of a witness whose account is strongly corroborated,” it “is generally not considered material for Brady purposes”
• clarifying that Brady’s materiality standard “is not reducible to a simple determination of admissibility”
• “[I]nadmissible evidence may be material if it could have led to the discovery of admissible evidence.”
• “[IJnadmissi-ble evidence may be material if it could have led to the discovery of admissible evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).