United States v. Govey

CORMAC J. CARNEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Due process demands that the Government disclose to a defendant all material evidence in its possession that is favorable to the defense. This disclosure must occur at a time when the evidence can be of use and value to the defendant. Sadly, the Government in this case failed to disclose the material evidence to Defendant in a timely manner. Inexplicably, the Government waited just days before trial to disclose almost 100,000 material documents that Defendant needed to expose the trial witnesses' motive and bias against him and to…