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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/nyregion/murder-confession-brady-rule.html, No. 490 (U.S. Supreme Court) (373 U.S. 83; 83 S.Ct. 1194) (May 13, 2063) (Justice Douglas) by In this case the Court held that the Due Process Clause imposes upon the prosecution an obligation to disclose "evidence favorable to the accused . . . where the evidence is material …

Napue v. Illinois, No. 583 (U.S. Supreme Court) (360 U.S. 264; 79 S.Ct. 1173) (June 15, 2059) (Justice Warren) by In this case the defendant was charged with murder. At his trial, the State's principal witness, one George Hamer, and a man doing time for the same murder with which …

U.S. v. Scheer, No. 96-4225 (11th Cir.) (168 F.3d 445) (February 25, 1999) (Judge Stanley F. Jr. Birch) by This is not your average case of outrageous prosecutorial misconduct. It has at least four features that make it stand out as a significant case in American jurisprudence. First, A.U.S.A. Lothar …

U.S. v. Noriega, No. 92-4687 (11th Cir.) (117 F.3d 1206) (July 7, 1997) (Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch) by The Court observed that "Evidence regarding the bribing of a witness, although disturbing, clearly does not constitute impeachment material, and therefore Noriega cannot satisfy the [U.S. v. Garcia, 13 F.3d 1464 (11th …

Hays v. State of Ala., No. 95-6378 (11th Cir.) (85 F.3d 1492) (June 6, 1996) (Judge James Larry Edmondson) by Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419 (1995), the Court held that a showing of materiality does not require proving that dusclosure of the …