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United States Vs. Bagley

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 02, 1985

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  1. United States Vs. Agurs US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1976
  2. Giles Vs. Maryland US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1967
  3. Napue Vs. Illinois US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1959
  4. Brookhart Vs. Janis US Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1966
  5. United States Vs. Cronic US Supreme Court · May 14, 1984
  6. Pyle Vs. Kansas US Supreme Court · Dec 07, 1942
  7. Fahy Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 02, 1963
  8. U.S. 667 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Bagley
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  9. U.S. 667 (1985) United States v. Bagley
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  10. these contracts, which he could have used to impeach the witnesses, violated his right to due process under Brady v. Maryland
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  11. BLACKMUN announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion of the Court except as to Part III. In Brady v. Maryland
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  12. contracts, which he could have used to impeach O'Connor and Mitchell, violated his right to due process under Brady v. Maryland
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  13. to these witnesses. Nor did the United States suppress evidence favorable to the defendant, in violation of Brady v. Maryland
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  14. s motion to vacate his sentence. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed. Bagley v. Lumpkin
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  15. In Davis v. Alaska
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  16. F.2d at 1464 (quoting Davis v. Alaska
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  17. F.2d at 1464. We granted certiorari, 469 U.S. 1016 (1984), and we now reverse. II The holding in Brady v. Maryland
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  18. U.S. at 373 U. S. 87 . See also Moore v. Illinois
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  19. U. S. 786 , 408 U. S. 794 -795 (1972). The Court explained in United States v. Agurs
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  20. Impeachment evidence, however, as well as exculpatory evidence, falls within the Brady rule. See Giglio v. United
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  21. so that, if disclosed and used effectively, it may make the difference between conviction and acquittal. Cf. Napue v. Illinois
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  22. F.2d at 1464. Relying on Davis v. Alaska
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  23. requiring automatic reversal. 719 F.2d at 1464 (quoting Davis v. Alaska
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  24. This Court has rejected any such distinction between impeachment evidence and exculpatory evidence. In Giglio v. United
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  25. Thus, the Court of Appeals' holding is inconsistent with our precedents. Moreover, the court's reliance on Davis v. Alaska
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  26. constitutional error of the first magnitude, and no amount of showing of want of prejudice would cure it.' Brookhart v. Janis
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  27. U.S. at 415 U. S. 318 (quoting Smith Page 473 U. S. 678 v. Illinois
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  28. U. S. 129 , 390 U. S. 131 (1968)). See also United States v. Cronic
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  29. starting point is the framework for evaluating the materiality of Brady evidence established in United States v. Agurs
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  30. of the Agurs standard distinguish among the three situations described in Agurs. In United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal
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  31. And in Strickland v. Washington
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  32. Berger v. United
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  33. States, 295 U. S. 78 , 295 U. S. 88 (1935). See Brady v. Maryland
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  34. See United States v. Agurs
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  35. Moore v. Illinois
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  36. U. S. 786 , 408 U. S. 795 (1972). See also California v. Trombetta
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  37. in a series of cases dealing with convictions based on the prosecution's knowing use of perjured testimony. In Mooney v. Holohan
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  38. Id. at 294 U. S. 112 . The Court reaffirmed this principle in broader terms in Pyle v. Kansas
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  39. testimony were sufficient to charge a due process violation. The Court again reaffirmed this principle in Napue v. Illinois
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  40. there is any reasonable likelihood that the false testimony could have affected the jury's verdict derives from Napue v. Illinois
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  41. U.S. at 360 U. S. 271 . See n 8, supra. See also Giglio v. United
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  42. U. S. 154 (1972) (quoting Napue, 360 U.S. at 360 U. S. 271 ). Napue antedated Chapman v. California
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  43. U.S. at 386 U. S. 24 (quoting Fahy v. Connecticut
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  44. affecting the overall credibility of witnesses corrupts the process to some degree in all instances, see Giglio v. United
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  45. bias simply may not be said to be irrelevant, or its omission harmless. As THE CHIEF JUSTICE said in Giglio v. United
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  46. right at issue adequately takes account of the interests this Court sought to protect in its decision in Brady v. Maryland
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  47. Giles v. Maryland
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  48. withholding from the defense evidence favorable to the defendant's case in the prosecutor's files. See, e.g., Pyle v. Kansas
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  49. will assure that the defendant has an opportunity to discover every existing piece of helpful evidence. But cf. Ake v. Oklahoma
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  50. B Brady v. Maryland
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