Prosecutorial Disclosure of Exculpatory Information in the Guilty Plea Context: Current Law

Authors

Peter A. Joy
Kevin C. McMunigal, Case Western University School of LawFollow

Abstract

In our last column we explained how disclosure of exculpatory information mandated by Brady v. Maryland reduces the risk of wrongful conviction through guilty pleas just as it reduces such risk at trial. In this column we address the troubled state of current law on whether prosecutors must disclose exculpatory information in the guilty plea context

Keywords

Prosecutors

Publication Date

2007

Document Type

Article

Place of Original Publication

Criminal Justice

Publication Information

22 (3) Criminal Justice 50 (2007)

Repository Citation

Joy, Peter A. and McMunigal, Kevin C., "Prosecutorial Disclosure of Exculpatory Information in the Guilty Plea Context: Current Law" (2007). Faculty Publications. 836.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/836