Opinion ID: 72086
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Alleged Misconduct Relating to Duke McCaa

Text: 61 Bailey contends that Duke McCaa, one of the firearms dealers to whom he tried to sell HK 94 assault rifles, was an ATF confidential informant. He argues that the government failed to review McCaa's ATF file to determine whether he was testifying pursuant to a plea agreement. The existence of a plea agreement would have provided impeachment evidence for use by Bailey's attorney in cross-examining McCaa. Thus, Bailey asserts a violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). See Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 154-55, 92 S.Ct. 763, 766, 31 L.Ed.2d 104 (1972). 62 [T]o establish a Brady violation, a defendant must prove: (1) that the state possessed evidence favorable to the defendant;(2) that he did not possess the evidence nor could he have obtained it himself with any reasonable diligence; (3) that the prosecution suppressed the favorable evidence; and, (4) that had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, a reasonable probability exists that the outcome of the proceedings would have been different. 63