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← 760 S.W.2d 55 - Ham v. State

Ham v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1988

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1992
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Agurs · Ahumada v. United States · Quinones v. State · Means v. State

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “Id.; Ham v. State, 760 S.W.2d 55, 58 (Tex.App.—Amarillo 1988, no pet.). The mere possibility that the evidence might help the defense or otherwise affect the outcome of the trial does not establish its materiality in the sense necessary to merit reversal of the conviction; rather, when evaluated in the context of the entire record, the evidence must be such that disclosure would have”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “create[d] a reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt that did not otherwise exist.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “may have had an effect on the outcome of the trial.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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