brady material

Brady material. Information or evidence that is favorable to a criminal defendant’s case and that the prosecution has a duty to disclose. • The prosecution’s withholding of such information violates the defendant’s due-process rights. Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194 (1963). See exculpatory evidence under EVIDENCE. Cf. JENCKS MATERIAL. [Cases: Constitutional Law 268(5); Criminal Law 700. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 1053–1060; Criminal Law §§ 486, 490, 510, 1233, 1236.]

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