In re Watkins’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “Upon motion of the defendant showing good cause therefor and upon notice to the other parties ..., the court in which an action is pending shall order the State before or during trial of a criminal action therein pending or on trial to produce and permit the inspection and copying or photographing by or on behalf of the defendant of any designated documents, papers, written statement of the defendant, (except written statements of witnesses and except the work product of counsel in the case and their investigators and then- notes or report), books, accounts, letters, photographs, objects or tangible things not privileged, which constitute or contain evidence material to any matter involved in the action and which are in the possession, custody or control of the State or any of its agencies.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patricia Ann Tope v. State

2. “The State has a constitutional obligation to disclose evidence favorable to the defendant whether or not the defendant requests it. Brady, 373 U.S. at 87- 89, 83 S.Ct. 1194 ; United States v. Bagley, 473 U.S. 667, 682 , 105 S.Ct. 3375 , 87 L.Ed.2d 481 (1985). This includes evidence that may be used to impeach a witness’s credibility. Bagley, 473 U.S. at 676 , 105 S.Ct. 3375 . One way to impeach a witness is by introducing evidence of a prior criminal conviction of that witness. Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 316 , 94 S.Ct. 1105 , 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974). To the extent the State obtained information containing Brady material, including from NCIC records, the State was obligated to disclose that information. Brady, 373 U.S. at 87-89 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 ; Bagley, 473 U.S. at 676 , 105 S.Ct. 3375 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. in Re the State of Texas Ex Rel. Michael Munk