Rediscovering home: Mineral County's 'Brady' lawsuits
Bruce Moats
Police officers consider “Brady cop” a bad word.
I represented law enforcement officers in my legal career, and I sued a couple as well.
“Brady cop” was never intended to be a label, and it can affect an officer’s career. At the same time, officers hold great sway with juries who expect that they are professional. So, the defense has a right to raise legitimate questions about an officer’s credibility. The defense can’t do that if it doesn’t know about the information in question. Again, under the Supreme Court decision in Brady, the prosecution is required to provide information that favors the defense in the specific case, including information relevant to an officer’s honesty.
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