· 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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