U.S. v. Steinberg, No. 94-50542 (9th Cir.) (99 F.3d 1486) (October 30, 1996) (Judge Thomas G. Nelson)
Loaded on Dec. 1, 1996
published in Punch and Jurists
December 16, 1996
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Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
This is one of those rare Brady violation cases in which the Court vacated a conviction and ordered a new trial because the Government withheld material evidence that its key witness was engaged in ongoing criminal activities during the time that he was acting as a Government informant in …
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