U.S. v. Bagcho, No. Crim. No. 06-00334 (ESH) (D.D.C.) (151 F.Supp.3d 60) (December 17, 2015) (Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle)
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Failure to Disclose.
Here the Court threw out the defendant’s conviction for narco-terrorism after concluding that the Government had committed a Brady violation by failing to disclose before trial that one of its principal witnesses was a known liar.
Haji Bagcho, an Afghan merchant who is now in his mid-70s, was …
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