Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Cuffie, No. 92-3263 (D.C. Cir.) (80 F.3d 514) (April 5, 1996) (Judge Judith W. Rogers) by This decision is a further amplification of the D.C. Circuit's important ruling in U.S. v. Smith, 77 F.3d 511 (D.C.Cir. 1996) about the prosecutor's duty, under the Brady rule, to disclose material …

U.S. v. Smith, No. 92-3220 (D.C. Cir.) (77 F.3d 511) (March 5, 1996) (Judge Harry T. Edwards) by 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 …

Sanchez v. U.S., No. 93-56315 (9th Cir.) (50 F.3d 1448) (March 21, 1995) (Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson) by Here, although the Court ultimately held there was no Brady-rule violation, it endorsed the proposition that the failure to disclose Brady material can render a plea not voluntary and intelligent, thus giving …

U.S. v. Kojayan, No. 91-50875 (9th Cir.) (8 F.3d 1315) (August 4, 1993) (Judge Alex Kozinski) by In a scathing condemnation of the Government's prosecutorial misconduct, the Court remanded the case back to the district court to determine whether the entire case should be dismissed for prosecutorial misconduct. Here the …