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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth v. McGill.

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1 Commonwealth v. McGill Anchor
pa · 2003
green “the mere possibility that an item of undisclosed information might have helped the defense, or might have affected the outcome of the trial does not establish materiality in the constitutional sense.” 10
2 Commonwealth v. Gibson
pa · 2008
green “the evidence suppressed must have been material to guilt or punishment.” 9
3 Commonwealth v. Johnson
pa · 1999
green “must demonstrate that the reliability of the witness may well be determinative of the defendant's guilt or innocence.” 5

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