Court Opinion

ID: 9529158
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:48:06.404742+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:41.885189
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE GREEN, specially concurring: In my partial dissent in Parton, I indicated that I thought that in order for the court to rule that a violation of the doctrine of Brady and Rule 412(c) has occurred, a showing must be made of a reasonable likelihood that the withheld information could have been used favorably by the accused. I adhere to that view. In the instant case it is readily apparent that information that an eyewitness had stated the robbers were persons who had been in the store on a previous day could have been used favorably by the accused. Accordingly, I concur in the result reached by the majority. To the extent the opinion implies that a showing of likely favorable use is not required for reversal, I am in disagreement with the opinion.