United States v. Martin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DERRICK THOMAS MARTIN, Case No. 1:24-cr-00556 (TNM) Defendant. MEMORANDUM ORDER After a five-day trial, a federal jury convicted Derrick Martin of four gun and drug crimes. Before sentencing, the Government disclosed that it had failed to turn over impeachment evidence against one of its witnesses, Metropolitan Police Officer Thomas Schemmel. Martin now moves for a new trial, asserting that the Government violated Brady v. Maryland,

373 U.S. 83

(1963). The Court disagrees. A Brady claim can succeed only if the…