Opinion ID: 2306140
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: A Fight between Defendant Clark and Wellman

Text: Nor does the government's failure to disclose Adrianne's grand jury testimony that her uncle had told her Wellman and defendant Clark were fighting before Clark punched Wellman violate Brady. Franklin argues that this evidence potentially raises self-defense issues about which Franklin was entitled to know, buthearsay issues asideit is unclear how this evidence could be deemed either exculpatory or useful for impeachment purposes. If anything, the self-defense argument would be exculpatory as to defendant Clark, not Franklin, and, as noted above, the circumstances under which defendant Clark may have fought with Wellman are irrelevant to appellants' culpability under a theory of aiding and abetting because, as appellants emphasized in their briefs, Clark's punch came before the appellants' involved themselves in the attack. [6]