Brady v. Maryland

Brady v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 18–19, 1963 Decided May 13, 1963
Full case name	John L. Brady v. State of Maryland
Citations	373 U.S. 83 (more) 83 S. Ct. 1194; 10 L. Ed. 2d 215; 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1615
Case history
Prior	Brady v. State, 226 Md. 422, 174 A.2d 167 (1961); cert. granted, 371 U.S. 812 (1962).
Holding
Withholding of evidence violates due process "where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment."
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
Majority	Douglas, joined by Warren, Clark, Brennan, Stewart, Goldberg
Concurrence	White
Dissent	Harlan, joined by Black
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

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Brady v. Maryland

Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution of the United States, the prosecution must turn over to a criminal defendant any significant evidence in its possession that suggests the defendant is not guilty (exculpatory evidence).^[1]: 4