The following excerpt is from Boyette v. Lefevre, 246 F.3d 76 (2nd Cir. 2000):
Several well-established propositions guide a materiality analysis. First, "a showing of materiality does not require demonstration by a preponderance that disclosure of the suppressed evidence would have resulted ultimately in the defendant's acquittal." Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419,
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