United States v. Oruche, Sorenson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[O]nce a court finds a Brady violation, a new trial follows as the prescribed remedy, not as a matter of discretion.” (citation omitted)
• “[O]nce the existence and content of undisclosed evidence has been established, the assessment of the materiality of this evidence under Brady is a question of law.”
• strength of overall evidence against defendant relevant in finding no Brady violation
• “[W]e do not see how [the witness’s] jottings on the sheet of notes (three telephone numbers and the words ‘O’ and ‘Girlfriend (Leslie)’) could have been used to undermine [the witness’s] credibility.”
• failure to disclose grand jury transcript of witness’s admission to lying in another case was not Brady violation because witness was “thoroughly impeached” at trial when cross-examined about prior convictions, past incidents of lying and benefits received in exchange for testimony
• the remedy for a Brady violation is a new trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).