By: Derek Hawkins//July 5, 2017//
United States Supreme Court
Case Name: TURNER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES
Case No.: 15-1503
Focus: Withheld Evidence
The withheld evidence is not material under Brady.
The Government does not contest petitioners’ claim that the withheld evidence was “favorable to the defense.” Petitioners and the Government, however, do contest the materiality of the undisclosed Brady information. Such “evidence is ‘material’ . . . when there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” Cone v. Bell, 556 U. S. 449, 469–470. “A ‘reasonable probability’ of a different result” is one in which the suppressed evidence “‘undermines confidence in the outcome of the trial.’” Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U. S. 419, 434. To make that determination, this Court “evaluate[s]” the withheld evidence “in the context of the entire record.” United States v. Agurs, 427 U. S. 97, 112.
Affirmed
Dissenting: Kagan, Ginsburg
Concurring: