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· 7/18/1978

United States v. Eddie Lee Davis and Pearlie Mae Davis

Citations

  • 578 F.2d 277

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that “a violation of due process under Brady does not entitle a defendant to an acquittal, but only to a new trial in which the convicted defendant has access to the wrongfully withheld evidence”
  • assuming a Brady violation occurred “the most an invocation of Brady could accomplish would be the ordering of a new trial in which the withheld information is fully disclosed”

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Judges: Breitenstein, McKAY, McWILLIAMS

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