United States Seventh Circuit

For purposes of determining whether evidence was suppressed in violation of Brady, a witness' knowledge is not like a document, so a defense witness' statement may not be otherwise available to the defendant through the exercise of reasonable diligence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/18/2000
• Decided 08/31/2001
• Published 08/31/2001

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederick F. Cohn (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Adrian Barrio, Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellees.