There is some debate over the extent to which discovery in federal criminal cases actually exists. It does exist and all criminal lawyers need to abide by it.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiscovery obligations at a federal level are much less open than in some States and are actually a function of case law, statute and rules,\u201d said Miller Leonard, a Denver federal criminal defense lawyer and State criminal defense lawyer. \u201cThe fact is that federal prosecutors are usually bound by the rules of discovery as laid out in the Jencks Act and two other major court cases on point to this area, hence the reference to case law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
To help things along a bit, the Department of Justice recently released several memorandums on the discovery obligations of federal prosecutors. Those memos indicate that prosecutors need to get all the exculpatory information\/evidence and impeachment information from the prosecution team. Exculpatory evidence\/information is favorable to (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is some debate over the extent to which discovery in federal criminal cases actually exists. It does exist and all criminal lawyers need to abide by it. \u201cDiscovery obligations at a federal level are much less open than in…<\/span><\/p>\n