context: Without Williams's statement, the defendant was denied a "substantial factual basis for contending to the jury that [a witness] misidentified him." The Commonwealth should have done the same once it had been put on actual notice by defense counsel of the request for specific favorable evidence.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 966 F.2d 1500, 1504
citation_a.parenthetical: "Where . . . there is an explicit request for an apparently very easy examination, and a non-trivial prospect that the examination might yield material exculpatory information," prosecution has obligation to search possible sources for such information, including files of another agency
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., United States v. Brooks, 966 F.2d 1500, 1504 (D.C. Cir. 1992) (“Where . . . there is an explicit request for an apparently very easy examination, and a non-trivial prospect that the examination might yield material exculpatory information,” prosecution has obligation to search possible sources for such information, including files of another agency).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 396 Mass. 590, 596-599
citation_b.parenthetical: in some circumstances, prosecutor "should be required to seek access to material and exculpatory evidence" not in possession of prosecutor or police
citation_b.sentence: Cf. Commonwealth v. Donahue, 396 Mass. 590, 596-599 (1986) (in some circumstances, prosecutor “should be required to seek access to material and exculpatory evidence” not in possession of prosecutor or police).