Kyles v. Whitley, No. 93-7927 (U.S. Supreme Court) (514 U.S. 419; 115 S.Ct. 1555) (April 19, 1995) (Justice Souter)
Here the Court held that any favorable evidence known to those acting on the Government's behalf must be produced, even if unknown to the prosecuting attorney, who is by law charged with such knowledge.
This is the fourth in a series of major decisions relating to the Government's duty to ...
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