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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
published_united_states_reports
precedential status
binding
decision or issuance date
1972-02-24
subsequent history
Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
negative treatment status
Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
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Giglio v. United States

Holding used

An undisclosed nonprosecution promise affecting a key government witness's credibility was attributable to the prosecutor's office and required a new trial under the due-process materiality rule on the case's facts.

Material limitation

The Court did not make every useful impeachment item automatically material or every nondisclosure reversible. Known false testimony and ordinary favorable-evidence suppression must remain analytically distinct.

Official source and pinpoints

405 U.S. 150, 153–55 (1972): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-405/pdf/USREPORTS-405-150.pdf