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Dunn v. Colleran

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided April 20, 2001No. 99-1030UnknownCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

BARRY, Circuit Judge:

Our criminal justice system is bottomed on several unwavering principles. One of those principles was recognized long ago by Justice Sutherland when he stated that a prosecuting attorney

is the representative not of an ordinary party to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as compelling as its obligation to govern at all; and whose interest, therefore, in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done. As such, he is in a peculiar and very definite sense the servant of the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Mabry v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. John William Dunn v. Raymond J. ColleranCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
  2. Claude Lacombe v. Warden James T Vaughn CorrectCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2024
  3. United States v. Marlin ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2023
  4. CALIPO v. WETZELDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2022
  5. DEAN v. MARSHDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2020

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