9th Circuit Blasts U.S. Prosecutor for Withholding Documents

Under Brady v. Maryland, prosecutors have an obligation to give the defense information that might help the defense's case. In a complicated fraud case, the federal prosecutor held back hundreds of pages of documents. As a sanction, the district judge dismissed the case. And now the Ninth Circuit has upheld the dismissal. 9th Circuit Blasts U.S. Prosecutor for Withholding Documents, Nat'l L.J. (law.com), May 12, 2008.

The case is United States v. Chapman, No. 06-10316 court website (9th Cir. May 8, 2008).