1. RELEVANT ISSUES : Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 (1963), enshrined the principle that the prosecu-tion is obligated to provide a criminal defendant all material exculpatory evidence as a matter of due process. United States v. Ruiz , 536 U.S. 622 (2002), qualified that proposition, enunciating the rule that prosecutors are not requir ed to furnish impeachment material to an accused entering a guilty plea.

QUESTION 1: The central question in this case is whether due process entitles a defend-ant to exculpatory information pre-plea.

Whether due process entitles a defendant to exculpatory information pre-plea