Can a prosecution suppress evidence that a witness's testimony was false?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Washington v. Sherman, Case No.: 15cv2448 MMA (BGS)) (S.D. Cal. 2019):
testimony); Murtishaw v. Woodford, 255 F.3d 926, 959 (9th Cir. 2001) (rejecting claim that prosecution suppressed evidence that witness's testimony was false because petitioner presented no evidence that prosecution knew it was false).
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