Fifth Circuit· 6/8/2006

United States v. Moore

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452 F.3d 382
2006 WL 1554255

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finding “vague assertions” including an “in- ability to effectively cross-examine the government’s witness” do not show “a reasonable probability that such evidence affected the outcome of the trial”
finding defendant’s conclusory assertions regarding withheld evidence were not enough to demonstrate materiality
“impermissibly withheld evidence must be either (1) material and exculpatory or (2) only potentially useful, in combination with a showing of bad faith on the part of the government”
“[E]vidence ... destroyed pursuant to standard procedure ... did not constitute a constitutional violation.... [The Government] did not destroy the [evidence] in bad faith.”
“Jencks Act sanctions should be imposed in cases of bad faith and negligent suppression of evidence but not in the case of good faith loss by the government.”
“impermissibly withheld evidence must be either (1) material and exculpatory or (2) only potentially useful, in combination with a showing of bad faith on the part of the government”

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Judges: Higginbotham, Davis, Stewart

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