Brady material, or the evidence the prosecutor is required to disclose under this rule, includes any information favorable to the accused which may reduce a defendant's potential sentence, go against the credibility of an unfavorable witness, or otherwise allow a jury to infer against the defendant's guilt.
A Brady motion is a defendant's request that the prosecution in a California criminal case turns over any potentially “exculpatory” evidence or evidence that may be favorable to the accused.
Brady material, or the evidence the prosecutor is required to disclose under this rule, includes any information favorable to the accused which may reduce a defendant's potential sentence, go against the credibility of an unfavorable witness, or otherwise allow a jury to infer against the defendant's guilt.
A Brady motion is a defendant's request that the prosecution in a California criminal case turns over any potentially “exculpatory” evidence or evidence that may be favorable to the accused.
A Brady motion is filed to compel the prosecution to turn over any favorable exculpatory evidence. In other words, a Brady motion is a defendant's request that the prosecution in a California criminal case hand over any potentially “exculpatory” evidence that might be favorable to the defense.
A Brady Motion is a legal tool that you can use to compel evidence from the prosecution. You can use such a legal motion to seek both exculpatory and impeachment evidence from the prosecution. Impeachment evidence is evidence that may undermine the credibility of another party.
To provide an overview, our main findings include that courts found Brady violations in about ten percent of cases in which a judge ruled on the merits of a Brady claim raised after a conviction (81 of 808 cases).
Sixty years ago, in the seminal case of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a prosecutor's suppression of material evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process.
The Brady material has three components: “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” concluded in the Strickler v.
The Brady material has three components: “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” concluded in the Strickler v.