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Discovery Demand, Brady v. Maryland exculpatory material

Pre-drafted Brady demand letter + reply-brief framework + response-deadline anchor. 373 U.S. 83 + Kyles + Agurs grounded.

Serve the Brady demand on Day 1 of the case file. Walk into the next Rule 16 conference with the cumulative-suppression record already cited and the AUSA's duty to canvass police files anchored in Kyles.

“the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment.”

Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 (1963)(opens in new tab)
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What this template gives you that the canned-form-book demand does not.
  1. 01.

    Not undated boilerplate: the Brady 373 U.S. 83, Kyles, and Agurs authority is source-linked to the opinion, so you confirm it before you serve. Generic Brady boilerplate misses Kyles's individual-prosecutor duty to learn of favorable evidence held by police.

  2. 02.

    Most demand letters omit Agurs (no-request branch), leaves the prosecution an opening to require itemization.

  3. 03.

    Pre-drafted reply-brief points anticipate the standard government opposition (materiality, work-product, ongoing-investigation privilege).

Authorities inside · source-checkable

The controlling authority this template is built on.

Before you buy, see the spine of the deliverable. Verbatim quotes are reproduced word for word from the opinion they cite; any attributed summary is labelled as a summary, never dressed up as a quote. Each entry links to its source so you can confirm it yourself. Nothing is paraphrased into a citation it does not support.

4Controlling authorities cited
4Verbatim opinion quotes
4Checkable source URLs
1Independent source host
  • Lead controlling authorityVerbatim quote

    We now hold that the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution.

  • Supporting authorityVerbatim quote

    The individual prosecutor has a duty to learn of any favorable evidence known to the others acting on the government's behalf in the case, including the police.

  • Supporting authorityVerbatim quote

    There is no significant difference between cases in which there has been merely a general request for exculpatory matter and cases ... in which there has been no request at all.

  • Supporting authorityVerbatim quote

    The evidence is material only if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.

Provenance: every citation above carries a source URL that was fetched and confirmed reachable when the template was authored. A citation without a working source URL does not ship. Counsel of record adapts the motion language to circuit-specific precedent and the facts of the case before filing.

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Discovery, Brady demand, Case details

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Billing entity, rendered on the demand cover and included on the invoice when provided.

Privilege handling

Intake data is stored under attorney work-product principles. BenchRecon does not access the intake payload outside of demand generation. Do not enter privileged client communications, defense strategy, or identifying details, submit only the case parameters this form requests.

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Frequently asked questions.

What does the demand contain?

Eight sections: cover (your case identifier + jurisdiction stamped on), scope of demand, the lead authority's verbatim holding with source URL, attaching-precedent citations, the pre-drafted demand language (~250 words editable), reply-brief framework anticipating government opposition, response deadlines + local-rule overlay, and the methods + source URLs bibliography.

Is this legal advice?

No. The template is a pre-trial litigation aid modeled on the published constitutional + statutory authority for federal-criminal discovery. Counsel of record adapts the demand language to the controlling circuit's doctrine and the facts of the case before serving.

How fast is delivery?

Stripe checkout completes in seconds; the PDF is emailed to the address you provide. Templates are pre-built, there is no per-case data pipeline running.

Do you cite anything I cannot independently verify?

No. Every citation in every demand carries a source URL stored alongside. Lead authorities are Brady 373 U.S. 83, Giglio 405 U.S. 150, Fed. R. Crim. P. 16, and Henthorn 931 F.2d 29. All public-domain, linked to Cornell LII or law.resource.org.

Refund policy?

7-day full refund, no questions asked.