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· 3/5/1984

United States v. Starusko, John

Citations

  • 729 F.2d 256
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 24833
  • 15 Fed. R. Serv. 228

How courts have described this case

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

  • indicating that the Brady doctrine may require the pre-trial disclosure of Jencks Act material that is truly exculpatory of the charge against the defendant
  • noting the Third Circuit’s “longstanding policy” of encouraging early disclosure of Brady material
  • \No denial of due process occurs if Brady material is disclosed in time for its effective use at trial.\
  • “[T]he government is not obliged under Brady to furnish a defendant with information which he already has or, with any reasonable diligence, he can obtain himself” (internal quotation marks omitted).
  • ''[T]he government is not obliged under Brady to furnish a defendant with information which he already has or, with any reasonable diligence, he can obtain himself” (internal quotation marks omitted).
  • \Evidence impeaching the testimony of a government witness is exculpatory when the credibility of the witness may be determinative of a criminal defendant's guilt or innocence.\

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Judges: Aldisert, Higginbotham, Sloviter

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