United States v. Theodore Joseph, United States of America v. Leroy Davis

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge

These appeals cause us to consider the circumstances in which Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194 (1963), requires pros ecutors to search their files for exculpatory information. Appellants Theodore Joseph and Leroy Davis maintain that they were denied due process of law because the prosecutor at their criminal trial did not disclose exculpatory information that was in the file of an unrelated case which he also was prosecuting. The appellants concede that they made only a general request for Brady materials and therefore did not ask…