Gantt v. Roe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “This special status explains both the basis for the prosecution’s broad duty of disclosure and our conclusion that not every violation of that duty necessarily establishes that the outcome was unjust. Thus the term “Brady violation” is sometimes used to refer to any breach of the broad obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence— that is, to any suppression of so-called "Brady material” — although, strictly speaking, there is never a real "Brady violation” unless the nondisclosure was so serious that there is a reasonable probability that the suppressed evidence would have produced a different verdict. There are three components of a true Brady violation: The evidence at issue must be favorable to the accused, either because it is exculpatory, or because it is impeaching; that evidence must have been suppressed by the State, either willfully or inadvertently; and prejudice must have ensued.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Bell v. Bell

2. “[w]e also know that the jury thought carefully about the matchbook because it submitted a question about it,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Horton II v. Mayle

3. “spent a good part of his summation arguing the importance of the matchbook”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Horton II v. Mayle