United States v. Edgar Rivas

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the government violated its Brady obligations by failing timely to disclose a statement that was consistent with both (a) the government’s theory that a package of drugs belonged to the defendant, and (b) the defense’s theory that the package belonged to someone else
• explaining that defendant \should have had the opportunity to bolster the defense theory\ with suppressed evidence
• holding impeachment evidence was subject to Brady though it had “an inculpatory and an exculpatory effect”
• finding exculpatory evidence material where it \might well have been viewed by the jury as a critical piece of evidence supporting the defense theory\
• “Impeachment evidence is evidence having the potential to alter the jury’s assessment of the credibility of a significant prosecution witness.”
• standard of review for motion for new trial is abuse of discretion

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