U.S. v. Smith, No. 92-3220 (D.C. Cir.) (77 F.3d 511) (March 5, 1996) (Judge Harry T. Edwards)
Loaded on April 1, 1996
published in Punch and Jurists
April 08, 1996
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Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues.
This is a revealing case that sheds new light on the prosecutor's duty to disclose material evidence favorable to a defendant. Here, the D.C. Circuit reverses a drug conviction and orders a new trial because it found that the Government had suppressed material information about one of its star …
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More from this issue:
- U.S. v. Smith, No. 92-3220 (D.C. Cir.) (77 F.3d 511) (March 5, 1996) (Judge Harry T. Edwards)
- U.S. v. Gomez-Rodriguez, No. 95-10114 (9th Cir.) (77 F.3d 1150) (February 21, 1996) (Judge Harry Pregerson)
- Kelly v. Foti, No. 94-30685 (5th Cir.) (77 F.3d 819) (March 4, 1996) (Judge Jerry E. Smith)
- U.S. v. James, No. Civ. No. 95-0252-R (S.D.Cal.) (915 F.Supp. 1092) (January 23, 1996) (Judge John S. Sr. Rhoades)
- U.S. v. Alston, No. 94-2195 (3rd Cir.) (77 F.3d 713) (February 26, 1996) (Judge Leonard I. Garth)
- Merrett v. Moore, No. 93-2510 (11th Cir.) (77 F.3d 1304) (February 26, 1996) (Per Curiam)
- U.S. v. Monteleone, No. 95-1994 (8th Cir.) (77 F.3d 1086) (February 29, 1996) (Judge Floyd R. Gibson)
- DiCola v. Food and Drug Admin., No. 94-1689 (D.C. Cir.) (77 F.3d 504) (March 1, 1996) (Judge Douglas Ginsburg)
- Tippins v. Walker, No. 95-2406 (2nd Cir.) (77 F.3d 682) (March 7, 1996) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)
- U.S. v. Monteleone, No. 95-1994 (8th Cir.) (77 F.3d 1086) (February 29, 1996) (Judge Floyd R. Gibson)
- U.S. v. Grandmaison, No. 95-1674 (1st Cir.) (77 F.3d 555) (March 1, 1996) (Judge Hugh H. Bownes)
- Merrett v. Moore, No. 93-2510 (11th Cir.) (77 F.3d 1304) (February 26, 1996) (Per Curiam)
- U.S. v. Grandmaison, No. 95-1674 (1st Cir.) (77 F.3d 555) (March 1, 1996) (Judge Hugh H. Bownes)
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