Opinion ID: 1059740
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Heading: Motion for Discovery and Inspection

Text: Walker assigns error to the trial court's denial of his motion for discovery and inspection. He admits that the Commonwealth provided him with all discovery and inspection to which he was entitled under state statutes and Rules of Court, and he does not assert that the Commonwealth improperly withheld any exculpatory information. Instead, Walker argues that the trial court erroneously refused to extend the Commonwealth's duty to disclose exculpatory evidence imposed by Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), and to require the Commonwealth to disclose all evidence, information and all other materials which the Commonwealth intended to offer to establish the guilt of the appellant.... Walker argues that such extension is required to ensure the defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel and to meet the due process requirement of reliability in the determination that the death penalty is the appropriate punishment. We disagree. Neither the holding in Brady nor principles of due process impose any requirement on the Commonwealth to provide the information sought by Walker beyond that which is exculpatory. United States v. Agurs, 427 U.S. 97, 109, 96 S.Ct. 2392, 49 L.Ed.2d 342 (1976); see Spencer v. Commonwealth, 238 Va. 295, 303, 384 S.E.2d 785, 791 (1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1093, 110 S.Ct. 1171, 107 L.Ed.2d 1073 (1990). We do not find anything in Walker's arguments to warrant the extension of the holding in Brady he suggests. Because the Commonwealth provided Walker all the discovery to which he was entitled, we find no error in the denial of his motion for discovery and inspection.