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· 10/19/1983

United States v. William Ranney, United States of America v. Dennis Cioffi

Citations

  • 719 F.2d 1183
  • 14 Fed. R. Serv. 1007
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15926

How courts have described this case

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

  • permitting defrauded investors to testify as to the value of their investment
  • “Inadmissible evidence is by definition not material, because it never would have reached the jury and therefore could not have affected the trial outcome.”
  • “Inadmissible evidence is by definition not material [for Brady purposes], because it never would have reached the jury and therefore could not have affected the trial outcome.”
  • “inadmissible evidence is by definition not material, because it never would have reached the jury and therefore could not have affected the trial outcome”
  • evidence must be admissible to constitute Brady material

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Judges: McGowan, Bownes, Skinner

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