37 Cited authorities

  1. Strickler v. Greene

    527 U.S. 263 (1999)   Cited 6,390 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a newspaper article detailing that a witness had been interviewed by the police did not suffice to put a defendant's lawyer on notice that records and evidence concerning the witness existed and had been suppressed
  2. Brady v. Maryland

    373 U.S. 83 (1963)   Cited 43,445 times   133 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the prosecution violates due process when it suppresses material, favorable evidence
  3. Giglio v. United States

    405 U.S. 150 (1972)   Cited 12,206 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prosecution must disclose all information or material that may be used to impeach the credibility of prosecution witnesses where witness's credibility is "an important issue in the case"
  4. United States v. Agurs

    427 U.S. 97 (1976)   Cited 7,516 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that materiality "must be evaluated in the context of the entire record"
  5. Youngblood v. West Virginia

    547 U.S. 867 (2006)   Cited 411 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a Brady violation occurs "when the government fails to turn over even evidence that is ‘known only to police investigators and not to the prosecutor’ "
  6. Dennis v. United States

    384 U.S. 855 (1966)   Cited 936 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the true nature of the crime was the entire conspiracy to falsely obtain benefits from the N.L.R.B., in violation of § 371, and not merely the false statements made in furtherance of the conspiracy
  7. Daye v. Attorney General of New York

    696 F.2d 186 (2d Cir. 1982)   Cited 1,977 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "reliance on state cases employing constitutional analysis in like fact situations" fairly presents the federal claim
  8. U.S. v. Novaton

    271 F.3d 968 (11th Cir. 2001)   Cited 312 times
    Holding that "statements concerning the testimony that would become available by severing trials must be specific and exonerative, rather than conclusory or self-serving, in order to justify severance"
  9. People v. Vilardi

    76 N.Y.2d 67 (N.Y. 1990)   Cited 343 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Comparing the state law standard — whether there was a "reasonable possibility" that withheld evidence could have affected the result of the proceeding — to the federal standard of "reasonable probability"
  10. Milke v. Ryan

    711 F.3d 998 (9th Cir. 2013)   Cited 156 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the personnel file of a testifying officer detailing that he had been suspended for sexual misconduct - and that he had lied about it - was impeachment evidence that needed to be disclosed
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 486,959 times   689 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Section 2254 - State custody; remedies in Federal courts

    28 U.S.C. § 2254   Cited 204,528 times   341 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a determination of a factual issue made by a State court shall be presumed to be correct" and "[t]he applicant shall have the burden of rebutting the presumption of correctness by clear and convincing evidence"