Discovery and investigation

• Author: Don Bartell/Mary Catherine McMurray/Anne ImObersteg
• Pages: 153-182

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CHAPTER 5

DISCOVERY AND

INVESTIGATION

I. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR DISCOVERY

§5:01 Federal Constitution Provides Discovery Rights

§5:02 Lead Cases: Brady, Agurs, and Strickler

§5:03 No General Constitutional Right to Discovery

§5:03.1 No Right to Impeachment Evidence Prior to Plea

§5:04 No Duty to Preserve Evidence Unless it Is Exculpatory: Trombetta

§5:05 State Applications in Drunk Driving Cases

§5:06 Prosecution Duty to Discover, Not Defense Obligation to Find

§5:07 Recent Reiteration of Brady Standards

II. SEQUENCE AND PRIORITIES

§5:10 Investigation First, Discovery Second

§5:11 Discovery Before the Preliminary Hearing

§5:12 Planning for Sanctions

§5:12.5 Surprise Evidence

§5:13 Traditional Discovery

§5:14 Discover How the Other Side Rates the Case

§5:15 Checklist for Discovery and Investigation

III. METHODS OF INVESTIGATION

§5:20 Administrative Hearings

§5:21 Your Investigator

§5:22 Public Record Requests

§5:23 Depositions in Civil Lawsuits

§5:24 Retesting, What to Look For

§5:25 The Grand Debate, Retest or Not?

IV. THE DESIRED INFORMATION

§5:30 General Points

§5:31 Breath Cases

§5:32 Blood and Urine Cases

§5:33 All Cases

DISCOVERY AND

INVESTIGATION

Attacking and Defending Drunk Driving Tests 5-2

DISCOVERY AND

INVESTIGATION

§5:34 Editing Police Videos

V. DISCOVERY BY THE PROSECUTION

§5:40 Obligation of Defense to Provide Discovery

§5:41 Make Request Early

VI. SOURCE CODE DISCOVERY

A. General Points

§5:50 All Software Has Flaws

§5:51 Source Code Litigation

B. New Jersey v. Chun

§5:60 The Chun Decision

§5:61 Women Over 60

§5:62 Buffer Overf‌low Problem

§5:63 The 2100 to 1 Blood/Breath Ratio

§5:64 Temperature

§5:65 Fuel Cell Drift Algorithm

§5:66 Syllabus of the Decision

VII. DISCOVERY OF POLICE PERSONNEL FILES

§5:70 Personnel Records Can Be Discoverable

§5:71 Sample Motion