United States v. John A. Cuffie

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• explaining that \undisclosed impeachment evidence can be immaterial because of its cumulative nature only if the witness was already impeached at trial by the same kind of evidence\
• remanding for a new trial based on a Brady violation even though “the remaining evidence standing alone would have been sufficient to convict”
• evidence impeaching a witness’s credibility was material to -drug-related conviction because the witness’s testimony “established the only ' direct connection between [defendant] and the drugs”
• “In light of the axiomatic importance of truthful testimony for the integrity of judicial proceedings, undisclosed evidence of a witness’ prior perjury has a significant impact on the fairness of the trial.”

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