Legal Opinion

John Demjanjuk v. Joseph Petrovsky

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 24, 1994No. 85-3435PublishedCited by 192 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The question before the court is whether attorneys in the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), a unit within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by failing to disclose to the courts and to the petitioner exculpatory information in their possession during litigation culminating in extradition proceedings, which led to the petitioner’s forced departure from the United States and trial on capital charges in the State of Israel. For the reasons stated herein we conclude that OSI did so engage in prosecutorial…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by192 opinions

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