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D.C. Circuit· 6/19/1992

United States v. Xavier Brooks

Citations

  • 966 F.2d 1500
  • 296 U.S. App. D.C. 219
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 13958
  • 1992 WL 135509

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the prosecution must search files of other branches of government if they are “closely aligned with the prosecution” or have a “close working relationship”
  • explaining that more than mere speculation is required to trigger government’s duty to search files
  • noting that \prosecutor's own interest in avoiding surprise at trial gives him a very considerable incentive to search accessible files\
  • observing that “the prosecutor’s own interest in avoiding surprise at trial gives him a very considerable incentive to search accessible files for possibly exculpatory evidence, quite independent of Brady ”
  • holding federal prosecutor had duty to review personnel file of police officer who had been a key witness “[g]iven the close working relationship between the Washington metropolitan police and the U.S. Attorney”
  • noting that cases \sensibly warn against reliance on utter speculation\

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Judges: Mikya, Silberman, Williams

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Cites

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