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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by SilasX on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:41PM (#38124215)
Yes, they’re obligated to turn over everything they’ll use in their case. They’re also obligated to turn over everything that could help the defendant (exculpatory evidence).

But my understanding is, they’re not obligated to turn over evidence that is not part of their case and is only used to rebut a witness’s testimony. Which would cover the stuff they used to contradict SBF’s statements on the stand.

Can someone clarify? (Sorry, “add color”.)

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by compiler-guy on Friday November 03, 2023 @12:01AM (#38124349)
Any defense lawyer worth their salt would have known everything the prosecution had. It all came from ftx and sbf himself in one form or another. It is very unlikely that anything presented on rebuttal was a surprise.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by SilasX on Friday November 03, 2023 @01:12AM (#38124784)
My comment was replying to the question of whether they’d get it (and similar materials) directly from the prosecution, not whether they’d get it some other way.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by MagicMoonlight on Friday November 03, 2023 @03:06AM (#38125444)
If it’s anything like other legal systems, they would have to provide it all in advance. Otherwise you could start using something inadmissible in front of the jury.
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