Robert Phillips
- Ref # CAB00045
- April 01, 2021
A Primer on Prosecutorial Ethics, Brady v. Maryland, and Beyond
A Primer on Prosecutorial Ethics, Brady v. Maryland, and Beyond
Robert C. Phillips
DDA (Ret.)
April, 2021
“(A prosecutor) . . . is not a neutral, he is an advocate; but an advocate for a client whose business is not merely to prevail in the instant case. (The prosecutor’s) . . . chief business is not to achieve victory but to establish justice. . . . ‘(T)he Government wins its point when justice is done in its courts.’”[1]
Indeed, the United States Supreme Court pointedly held over eight decades ago that a prosecutor;
“. . . is the representative not of an ordinary party to a ....
