Commonwealth v. MacE’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3500
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Augenblick · 12 Cal. 3d 641 - People v. Hitch · United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. Turner · Birkla v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“same policy that is expressed in Brady v. Maryland, supra, and has always been recognized by this Commonwealth. The Supreme Court stated its concern as follows: “Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when criminal trials are fair . A prosecution that withholds evidence on demand of an accused . helps shape a trial that bears heavily on the defendant. That casts the prosecutor in the role of an architect of a proceeding that does not comport with standards of justice, even though, as in the present case, his action is not ‘the result of guile’ . . .” Brady v. Maryland, supra, 373 U.S. at 87-88 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 . 234 Pa.Super. at 463 , 341 A.2d at 508-09 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When all these factors are taken into consideration, it is apparent that the Commonwealth has not overborne the defendant by secretly amassing evidence or designing a case unfairly weighted against him. The good faith of the Commonwealth is attested to by the willingness with which it agreed at the hearing to make available its evidence and witnesses relevant to the cause of death. The validity of the findings can be tested by the defense by examination of the slides, remaining imbedded tissues, and hospital records as well as by cross-examination at trial of the prosecution’s six expert witnesses.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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