by Bert | Feb 26, 2019 | Wisconsin
Professor Colin Miller—of “Undisclosed” podcast fame—recently wrote an in-depth and helpful post about an important new Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion addressing the Brady doctrine. In State v. Wayerski, the court wrangled and slayed a dangerous beast we at The Open...
by OpenFile | Apr 10, 2014 | Michigan, The Open File Blog
A case that recently came before the Michigan Supreme Court, People v. Chenault, raised the question of whether defense counsel has to meet a due diligence requirement to obtain exculpatory or impeaching evidence for a Brady violation to occur. Since Brady was decided...
by Jane | Jul 1, 2013 | Tennessee, The Open File Blog
In a recent drug conspiracy case out of Tennessee, the U.S. government tried to downplay its failure to disclose favorable evidence by pinning the suppression of exculpatory statements on the defendant. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of...
