Brady violation is the failure by prosecutors to disclose materially favorable evidence to the defense, as required by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brady v. Maryland

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"There's a difference between 'this is something I'd like to know' and 'this is a Brady violation,'" the judge said, referring to a Supreme Court precedent that requires prosecutors to share any and all information that might help a defendant with the defendant's team. Storm's defense attorneys argued during the hearing that they needed to know when the prosecutors in their case learned about the FinCEN conversation.

The Brady doctrine is a pretrial discovery rule that was established by the United States Supreme Court in Brady v. Maryland (1963).[5] The rule requires that the prosecution must turn over all exculpatory evidence to the defendant in a criminal case. Exculpatory evidence is evidence that might exonerate the defendant.

The law requires that prosecutors share with the defendant all information they have that could aid the accused person’s defense.