25 trial was sufficient to support the verdict rendered by the jury. 4. Pretrial motions. In three joint motions before the trial court, the defendants unsuccessfully asked for the case to be dismissed, alleging prosecutorial errors that caused undue delay and prejudice. Specifically, they contended that dismissal was appropriate based on the Commonwealth's "loss" of Colton's telephone records and the Commonwealth's delayed disclosure of (1) promises, rewards, and inducements made to Colton in exchange for his cooperation; (2) Colton's statements regarding the location of the DCF call; and (3) a diary that Colton kept. While the Commonwealth has a duty to disclose all material, exculpatory evidence in its possession, see Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 (1963); Commonwealth v. Tucceri, 412 Mass. 401, 404-405 (1992), we agree with the motion judge that the Commonwealth did not withhold any such evidence here and that delays in disclosure did not result in prejudice. Colton's telephone records were potentially significant to the case because they could corroborate (or not) that a call was made from his telephone to the DCF hotline falsely reporting child abuse, and was not made from William's telephone. In Cook v. State, 36 P.3d 710, 721 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001); People v. Payton, 161 Misc. 2d 170, 173-176 (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 1994).

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