Proctor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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1. “Under Brady , in order to ensure the accused a fair trial, a prosecutor has an affirmative duty under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to turn over to the accused all exculpatory or impeachment evidence, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution, which is favorable to the defendant and is material to either guilt or punishment. This duty attaches as soon as the information comes into the prosecutor’s possession, with or without a request from the defense for such evidence, and the information must be disclosed to the accused in time to put it to effective use at trial. A due process violation occurs if: (1) the prosecutor fails to disclose evidence; (2) the evidence is favorable to the defendant; and (3) the evidence is material. Favorable evidence is “material” if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marchbanks v. State