Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Willis v. United States
Willis v. United States, 425 U.S. 906 (1976)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1976-03-29
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- both cases holding that Brady does not impose on the prosecutor a general duty to help the defense find evidence favorable to the accused
- “Brady clearly does not impose an affirmative duty upon the government to take action to discover information which it does not possess.”
- “acts which the state knows about”
Citator
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- Cited by
- 23 opinions
C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.