williams argued january decided may respondent williams indicted federal grand jury alleged violations motion district ordered indictment dismissed without prejudice government failed fulfill obligation circuit precedent present substantial exculpatory evidence grand jury following precedent appeals affirmed held argument petition dismissed improvidently granted question presented raised considered rejected granted certiorari rejected review question neither pressed passed see stevens department treasury doubt appeals passed crucial issue prosecutor duty present exculpatory evidence grand jury appropriate review important issue expressly decided federal although petitioner contest issue case immediately hand party recent proceeding upon lower courts relied resolution issue concede current case correctness precedent pp district may dismiss otherwise valid indictment government failed disclose grand jury substantial exculpatory evidence possession pp imposition appeals disclosure rule supported courts inherent supervisory power formulate procedural rules specifically required constitution congress cases relying upon power deal strictly courts control procedures whereas grand jury institution separate courts whose functioning courts preside power federal courts may fashion initiative rules grand jury procedure limited certainly permit reshaping grand jury institution consequence proposed rule pp appeals rule neither preserve enhance traditional functioning grand jury common law fifth amendment demands contrary requiring prosecutor present exculpatory well inculpatory evidence alter grand jury historical role transforming accusatory body sits assess whether adequate basis bringing criminal charge adjudicatory body sits determine guilt innocence always thought sufficient grand jury hear prosecutor side consequently suspect right present grand jury obligation consider exculpatory evidence incompatible traditional system impose upon prosecutor legal obligation present evidence moreover motions quash indictments based upon sufficiency evidence relied upon grand jury never allowed make little sense abstain reviewing evidentiary support grand jury judgment scrutinizing sufficiency prosecutor presentation pp need pursue respondent argument appeals rule save valuable judicial time advantage proposal congress free prescribe scalia delivered opinion rehnquist white kennedy souter joined stevens filed dissenting opinion blackmun joined parts ii iii thomas joined post solicitor general starr argued cause briefs assistant attorney general mueller deputy solicitor general bryson michael dreeben james lang argued cause respondent brief steven stidham joel wohlgemuth john dowdell dan marmalefsky filed brief national association criminal defense lawyers amicus curiae urging affirmance justice scalia delivered opinion question presented case whether district may dismiss otherwise valid indictment government failed disclose grand jury substantial exculpatory evidence possession may respondent john williams tulsa oklahoma investor indicted federal grand jury seven counts knowingly mak ing false statement report purpose influencing action federally insured financial institution violation supp ii according indictment september november williams supplied four oklahoma banks materially false statements variously overstated value current assets interest income order influence banks actions loan requests williams misrepresentation allegedly effected two financial statements provided banks market value balance sheet statement projected income expense former included current assets approximately million notes receivable three venture capital companies though contained disclaimer assets carried cost rather market value government asserted listing current assets assets quickly reducible cash misleading since williams knew none venture capital companies afford satisfy notes short term second document statement projected income expense allegedly misrepresented williams interest income since failed reflect interest payments received notes venture capital companies funded entirely williams loans companies statement thus falsely implied according government williams deriving interest income independent outside source brief shortly arraignment district granted williams motion disclosure exculpatory portions grand jury transcripts see brady maryland upon reviewing material williams demanded district dismiss indictment alleging government failed fulfill obligation tenth circuit prior decision page present substantial exculpatory evidence grand jury emphasis omitted contention evidence government chosen present grand jury particular williams general ledgers tax returns williams testimony contemporaneous chapter bankruptcy proceeding disclosed tax purposes otherwise regularly accounted notes receivable interest manner consistent balance sheet income statement contended belied intent mislead banks thus directly negated essential element charged offense district initially denied williams motion upon reconsideration ordered indictment dismissed without prejudice found hearing withheld evidence relevant essential element crime charged created reasonable doubt respondent guilt app pet cert quoting gray dc thus render ed grand jury decision indict gravely suspect app pet cert upon government appeal appeals affirmed district order following earlier decision page supra first sustained clearly erroneous district determination government withheld substantial exculpatory evidence grand jury see found government behavior substantially influence grand jury decision indict least raised grave doubt decision indict free substantial influence quoting bank nova scotia see circumstances tenth circuit concluded abuse discretion district require government begin anew grand jury granted certiorari ii proceeding merits matter necessary discuss propriety reaching certiorari sought granted case following question whether indictment may dismissed government failed present exculpatory evidence grand jury first point discussed respondent brief opposing petition captioned question presented petition never raised brief opposition granting certiorari necessarily considered rejected contention basis denying review justice stevens dissent however revisits issue proposes briefing argument full consideration issue justices decline entertain petition reason originally rejected dismiss improvidently granted improvident indeed grant certiorari entirely accord traditional practice though even imprudent since doubt jurisdiction entertain case reverse course late stage see ferguson lines harlan concurring part dissenting part donnelly dechristoforo stewart concurring joined white cf oklahoma city tuttle traditional rule dissent correctly notes precludes grant certiorari question presented pressed passed upon post internal quotation marks omitted rule operates phrased disjunctive permitting review issue pressed long passed upon illustrated recent dispositions recently last term fact opinion joined justice stevens entertained review circumstances far suggestive petitioner sleeping rights face today responded follows argument solicitor general tracks today dissent solicitor general submits petition certiorari dismissed improvidently granted rests submission argument petitioner properly present merits timeliness issue appeals address question first time made argument opposition petition certiorari rejected argument granting certiorari reject appeals like district decided substantive issue presented stevens department treasury blackmun citations omitted respondents argue issue raised appeals however addressed availability right action minority shareholders respondents circumstances concluded respondents entitled sue suffices purposes passed issue presented particularly issue believe state evolving definition uncertainty one importance administration federal law virginia bankshares sandberg citations omitted internal quotation marks omitted standard previously employed review question pressed passed courts appeals expressly ruled question appropriate exercise appellate jurisdiction therefore entirely proper light precedents reach question granted certiorari springfield kibbe dissenting opinion emphasis original citations omitted short reconsidered precise question resolved petition review granted answer way permissible exercise discretion undertake review important issue expressly decided federal although petitioner contest issue case immediately hand party recent proceeding upon lower courts relied resolution issue concede current case correctness precedent undoubtedly benefits rule often parties inevitably true desirable rules procedure jurisdiction announce frequent litigant courts since announce rule applicable parties since recently applied similar rule indeed rule even broadly cast disadvantage see stevens department treasury since dissenters approved application rule broader one circumstances rationally indistinguishable us see supra dissent suggestion deciding case appears favor government ordinary litigant post compromises obligation administer justice impartially needs response iii respondent contend fifth amendment obliges prosecutor disclose substantial exculpatory evidence possession grand jury instead building statement federal courts may within limits formulate procedural rules specifically required constitution congress hasting argues imposition tenth circuit disclosure rule supported courts supervisory power think hasting cases rely upon principle expresses deal strictly courts power control procedures see jencks mcnabb power applied improve truthfinding process trial see mesarosh also prevent parties reaping benefit incurring harm violations substantive procedural rules imposed constitution laws governing matters apart trial see weeks thus bank nova scotia makes clear supervisory power used dismiss indictment misconduct grand jury least misconduct amounts violation one clear rules carefully drafted approved congress ensure integrity grand jury functions mechanik concurring judgment hold bank nova scotia however courts supervisory power used merely means enforcing vindicating legally compelled standards prosecutorial conduct grand jury means prescribing standards prosecutorial conduct first instance may used means establishing standards prosecutorial conduct courts latter exercise respondent demands grand jury institution separate courts whose functioning courts preside think clear general matter least supervisory judicial authority exists disclosure rule applied exceeded tenth circuit authority ooted long centuries history hannah larche frankfurter concurring result grand jury mentioned bill rights body constitution textually assigned therefore branches described first three articles constitutional fixture right chanen quoting nixon sirica app cert denied fact whole theory function belongs branch institutional government serving kind buffer referee government people see stirone hale henkel edwards grand jury although grand jury normally operates course courthouse judicial auspices institutional relationship judicial branch traditionally speak arm length judges direct involvement functioning grand jury generally confined constitutive one calling grand jurors together administering oaths office see calandra true grand jury compel appearance witnesses production evidence must appeal compulsion required see brown refuse lend assistance compulsion grand jury seeks override rights accorded constitution see gravel grand jury subpoena effectively qualified order limiting questioning preserve speech debate clause immunity even testimonial privileges recognized common law see grand jury investigation hugle opinion kennedy respect privilege confidential marital communications even setting however insisted grand jury remain free pursue investigations unhindered external influence supervision long trench upon legitimate rights witness called dionisio recognizing tradition independence said fifth amendment constitutional guarantee presupposes investigative body acting independently either prosecuting attorney judge emphasis added quoting stirone supra doubt view grand jury proceeding status constituent element criminal prosecutio amdt said certain constitutional protections afforded defendants criminal proceedings application body double jeopardy clause fifth amendment bar grand jury returning indictment prior grand jury refused see ex parte thompson twice suggested though held sixth amendment right counsel attach individual summoned appear grand jury even subject investigation see mandujano plurality opinion groban see also although grand jury may force witness answer questions violation fifth amendment constitutional guarantee calandra supra citing kastigar cases suggest indictment obtained use evidence previously obtained violation privilege nevertheless valid calandra supra see lawn blue given grand jury operational separateness constituting come surprise reluctant invoke judicial supervisory power basis prescribing modes grand jury procedure years received many requests exercise supervision grand jury process refused including appealing one presented today calandra supra grand jury witness faced questions allegedly based upon physical evidence government obtained violation fourth amendment rejected proposal exclusionary rule extended grand jury proceedings potential injury historic role functions grand jury costello declined enforce hearsay rule grand jury proceedings since run counter whole history grand jury institution laymen conduct inquiries unfettered technical rules authorities suggest power federal courts may fashion initiative rules grand jury procedure limited one remotely comparable power maintain proceedings see chanen certainly permit judicial reshaping grand jury institution substantially altering traditional relationships prosecutor constituting grand jury payner supervisory power may applied permit defendant invoke third party fourth amendment rights see generally beale reconsidering supervisory power criminal cases constitutional statutory limits authority federal courts proceed discuss consequence proposed rule respondent argues appeals rule justified sort fifth amendment common law necessary means assuring constitutional right judgment independent informed grand jury wood georgia brief respondent respondent makes generalized appeal functional notions judicial supervision quantity quality evidence relied upon grand jury plainly facilitates says grand jury performance twin historical responsibilities bringing trial may justly accused shielding innocent unfounded accusation prosecution see stirone agree rule neither preserve enhance traditional functioning institution fifth amendment demands contrary requiring prosecutor present exculpatory well inculpatory evidence alter grand jury historical role transforming accusatory adjudicatory body axiomatic grand jury sits determine guilt innocence assess whether adequate basis bringing criminal charge see calandra always make assessment always thought sufficient hear prosecutor side blackstone described prevailing practice england grand jury hear evidence behalf prosecution finding indictment nature enquiry accusation afterwards tried determined blackstone commentaries see also hale pleas crown ed also according description early american three years fifth amendment ratified grand jury function enquire upon foundation charge may denied otherwise try suspect defenses examine upon foundation charge made prosecutor respublica shaffer dall phila see also wharton criminal pleading practice pp ed consequence neither country england suspect investigation grand jury ever thought right testify exculpatory evidence presented see hale supra ex rel mccann thompson cert denied imposing upon prosecutor legal obligation present exculpatory evidence possession incompatible system balanced assessment entire matter objective surely first thing done rather requiring prosecutor say knows defense target investigation entitle target tender defense require former denying latter quite absurd also quite pointless since merely invite target circumnavigate system delivering exculpatory evidence prosecutor whereupon passed grand jury unless prosecutor willing take chance deem evidence important enough qualify mandatory disclosure see law firm zimmerman schwartz duty disclose exculpatory evidence held satisfied prosecution tendered grand jury exhibits testimony explanations governing law aff sub nom brown respondent acknowledges must common law grand jury violated grand jury chooses hear evidence suffices convince indictment proper cf thompson supra thus government offered familiarize grand jury case five boxes financial statements deposition testimony alleged contain exculpatory information grand jury rejected offer pointless respondent presumably agree resulting indictment valid respondent insists however courts must require modern prosecutor alert grand jury nature extent available exculpatory evidence otherwise grand jury merely functions arm prosecution brief respondent reject attempt convert nonexistent duty grand jury obligation prosecutor authority prosecutor seek indictment long understood coterminous authority grand jury entertain prosecutor charges thompson grand jury obligation consider substantial exculpatory evidence understand prosecutor said binding obligation present yet another respect respondent proposal fails comport positively contradicts common law fifth amendment grand jury motions quash indictments based upon sufficiency evidence relied upon grand jury unheard common law england see people restenblatt sess traditional american practice described justice nelson riding circuit follows case cited able find furnishing authority looking revising judgment grand jury upon evidence purpose determining whether finding founded upon sufficient proof whether deficiency respect part complaint reed cc ndny ordered footnotes dissent purports distinguish stevens virginia bankshares ground lthough parties may raised questions presented petitions courts appeals cases courts treated questions open questions needed resolve order decide cases post significance distinction completely eludes us much said rule never adhered limiting review questions pressed litigants rule implicitly proposed dissent issues pressed nevertheless passed upon may reviewed thought issue open one makes sense except device distinguish stevens virginia bankshares nothing adversary process object dissent concern post question disputed parties adversary process compromised whether thinks question open indeed anything compromised lower believes confronting question first impression circumstances need adversary presentation acute dissent observes disposes case basis new rule debated parties review may appropriate give losing party opportunity otherwise challenge rule ibid true enough suggestion principle something stevens virginia bankshares wholly unfounded neither case losing party claim ambushed lower summary treatment undisputed issues later subjected plenary review per curiam dismissal writ kibbe based principally upon two considerations crucial issue raised district failure object jury instruction thus invoking rule federal rules civil procedure provides party may assign error giving instruction unless objects thereto jury retires consider verdict crucial issue addition explicitly raised petition certiorari course neither circumstance exists relying upon extent repeating reasoning earlier holding page appeals said following previously held prosecutor duty present substantial exculpatory evidence grand jury although require prosecutor ferret present every bit potentially exculpatory evidence require substantial exculpatory evidence discovered course investigation revealed grand jury courts also recognized duty exists requirement promotes judicial economy fully informed grand jury find probable cause indict little chance prosecution proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt fully informed petit jury citations omitted certiorari sought state due regard appropriate relationship state courts mcgoldrick compagnie generale transatlantique may suggest greater restraint applying pressed passed upon rule context absence challenge seemingly settled federal rule deprives state opportunity rest decision adequate independent state ground see illinois gates cited dissent post see also bankers life casualty crenshaw cf cohen cowles media irrelevant jurisdiction whether party raised argued federal law issue state actually considered decided rule federal rules criminal procedure contains number rules providing example person jurors may present grand jury deliberating voting rule placing strict controls disclosure matters occurring grand jury rule see generally sells engineering additional standards behavior prosecutors others set forth code see setting forth procedures granting witness immunity prosecution criminalizing false declarations grand jury prohibiting grand jury use unlawfully intercepted wire oral communications criminalizing subornation perjury misconduct alleged bank nova scotia specifically proscribed rule statute constitution make case stand judicially prescribable grand jury code dissent suggests see post allegations violation dismissed without considering validity law failure meet nova scotia dismissal standard see bank nova scotia supra much gamble illustrated appeals opinion present case though purported applying substantial exculpatory standard set forth prior page decision see portions opinion recite much inclusive standard see grand jury must receive information relevant reasonable exculpatory theory may adopt ibid conclude therefore district clearly error found deposition testimony exculpatory costello example instead complaining grand jury reliance upon hearsay evidence petitioner complained prosecutor introduction see estepa prosecutor introduce hearsay evidence grand jury direct evidence available see also arenella reforming federal grand jury state preliminary hearing prevent conviction without adjudication ome federal courts cautiously begun us revitalized prosecutorial misconduct doctrine circumvent costello prohibition directly evaluating sufficiency evidence presented grand jury justice stevens justice justice join justice thomas joins parts ii iii dissenting opinion announces two important changes law first justifies special accommodation solicitor general granting certiorari review contention advanced either district appeals explaining fact issue raised different case adequate substitute raising case second concludes federal power enforce prosecutor obligation protect fundamental fairness proceedings grand jury question presented certiorari petition whether failure disclose substantial exculpatory evidence grand jury species prosecutorial misconduct may remedied dismissing indictment without prejudice district appeals parties agreed answer question yes appropriate case disagreement whether appropriate case prosecutor vigorously argued undisclosed evidence substantial exculpatory evidence respondent countered evidence exculpatory prosecutor misconduct warranted dismissal prejudice earlier case arising tenth circuit page cert denied defendant claimed indictment dismissed prosecutor guilty misconduct grand jury proceedings specifically claimed prosecutor allowed grand jury consider false testimony failed present substantial exculpatory evidence noting two views concerning duty prosecutor present exculpatory evidence grand jury concluded better balanced rule substantial exculpatory evidence discovered course investigation must revealed grand jury emphasis original declined dismiss indictment however evidence withheld case clearly exculpatory ibid case government expressly acknowledged responsibilities described page argued withheld evidence exculpatory significant instead questioning controlling rule law distinguished facts case earlier case indictment dismissed prosecutor withheld testimony made factually impossible corporate defendant guilty government concluded principal brief request apply test set forth bank nova scotia follow holding page hold dismissal warranted case withheld evidence substantial exculpatory evidence respondent prejudiced way brief pp losing appeals government reversed position asked grant certiorari hold prosecutor judicially enforceable duty present exculpatory evidence grand jury brief opposition petition respondent clearly pointed question presented petition neither presented addressed courts brief opposition appropriately called attention many cases stated repeated reiterated general rule precludes grant certiorari question presented pressed passed upon apart fact petitioner see reason following salutary practice case nevertheless requisite number justices saw fit grant solicitor general petition explains settled rule apply government certiorari petition case government raised question three years earlier page case appeals passed issue case ante novel unwise change rule never suggested fact repeated settled proposition law applied without objection case hand provides sufficient basis review see illinois gates cases cited therein rule future either provide basis significant expansion discretionary docket applied benefit repetitive litigants special privilege federal government special obligation administer justice impartially set example impartiality courts emulate appears favor government ordinary litigant seriously compromises ability discharge important duty reason alone dismiss writ certiorari improvidently granted ii like hydra slain hercules prosecutorial misconduct many heads cataloged justice sutherland classic opinion berger prosecuting attorney overstepped bounds propriety fairness characterize conduct officer prosecution criminal offense clearly shown record guilty misstating facts witnesses putting mouths witnesses things said suggesting questions statements made personally respect proof offered pretending understand witness said something said persistently witness upon basis assuming prejudicial facts evidence bullying arguing witnesses general conducting thoroughly indecorous improper manner prosecuting attorney argument jury undignified intemperate containing improper insinuations assertions calculated mislead jury prosecutorial misconduct limited judicial proceedings reported cases indicate sometimes infected grand jury proceedings well cases contain examples prosecutors presenting perjured testimony basurto questioning witness outside presence grand jury failing inform grand jury testimony exculpatory phillips petroleum nd failing inform grand jury authority subpoena witnesses samango operating conflict interest gold nd misstating law roberts cd cal misstating facts witness lawson nn md justice sutherland identification basic reason sort misconduct intolerable merits repetition attorney representative ordinary party controversy sovereignty whose obligation govern impartially compelling obligation govern whose interest therefore criminal prosecution shall win case justice shall done peculiar definite sense servant law twofold aim guilt shall escape innocence suffer may prosecute earnestness vigor indeed may strike hard blows liberty strike foul ones much duty refrain improper methods calculated produce wrongful conviction use every legitimate means bring one berger prosecutor operates without check judge trained legal adversary virtually immune public scrutiny prosecutor abuse special relationship grand jury poses enormous risk defendants well theory trial provides defendant full opportunity contest disprove charges practice handing indictment often devastating personal professional impact later dismissal acquittal never undo potential abuse great consequences mistaken indictment serious ethical responsibilities prosecutor obligation judiciary protect even appearance unfairness correspondingly heightened serubo noted founders thought grand jury essential basic liberties provided fifth amendment federal prosecution serious crimes instituted presentment indictment grand jury calandra grand jury prosecutor dual role pressing indictment grand jury adviser case conflict latter duty must take precedence remington cir hand dissenting cert denied ex parte character grand jury proceedings makes peculiarly important federal prosecutor remember familiar phrase interest criminal prosecution shall win case justice shall done berger district found prosecutor abusive expert defense witness recess hearing grand jurors although government concedes treatment expert tax witness improper witness testified testimony unaffected misconduct prosecutors instructed grand jury disregard anything may heard conversations prosecutor witness explained grand jury conversations influence deliberations app light ameliorative measures nothing indicate prosecutor conduct toward witness substantially affected grand jury evaluation testimony decision indict opinion find difficult comprehend today repudiates assumptions underlying cases seems suggest authority supervise conduct prosecutor grand jury proceedings long follows dictates constitution applicable statutes rule federal rules criminal procedure purports support conclusion invoking doctrine separation powers citing string cases declined impose categorical restraints grand jury needless say reasoning unpersuasive although grand jury textually assigned branches described first three articles constitution ante autonomous body completely beyond reach branches throughout life moment convened discharged grand jury subject control judge learned hand recognized years ago grand jury neither officer agent part falter cert denied similarly characterized grand jury grand jury clothed great independence many areas remains appendage powerless perform investigative function without aid powerless compel testimony witnesses process summons witness attend give testimony must compel witness testify appearing refuses brown course long recognized grand jury wide latitude investigate violations federal law deems appropriate need obtain permission either prosecutor see costello hale henkel correspondingly acknowledged operation generally unrestrained technical procedural evidentiary rules governing conduct criminal trials calandra congress generally thought best impose procedural restraints grand jury lack power contrary recognized authority create enforce limited rules applicable grand jury proceedings thus example said grand jury may violate valid privilege whether established constitution statutes common law may prevent grand jury violating privilege quashing modifying subpoena issuing protective order forbidding questions violation privilege gravel moreover notes ante series cases declined impose categorical restraints grand jury none cases however question power reach contrary result although recognizes may invoke supervisory authority fashion enforce privilege rules applicable grand jury proceedings suggests may also invoke supervisory authority fashion limited rules grand jury procedure ante concludes authority prescribe standards prosecutorial conduct grand jury ante alter grand jury historic role independent inquisitorial institution disagree protect integrity independence grand jury closing eyes countless forms prosecutorial misconduct may occur inside secrecy grand jury room grand jury merely investigatory body also serves protector citizens arbitrary oppressive governmental action calandra explaining grand jury must independent informed wrote wood georgia historically body regarded primary security innocent hasty malicious oppressive persecution serves invaluable function society standing accuser accused whether latter individual minority group determine whether charge founded upon reason dictated intimidating power malice personal unlike unwilling hold countless forms prosecutorial misconduct must tolerated matter prejudicial may seriously may distort legitimate function grand jury simply proscribed rule federal rules criminal procedure statute applicable grand jury proceedings sharp break traditional role federal judiciary unprecedented unwarranted unwise unrestrained prosecutorial misconduct grand jury proceedings inconsistent administration justice federal courts redressed appropriate cases dismissal indictments obtained improper methods iii proper disposition case agree government prosecutor required place exculpatory evidence grand jury grand jury proceeding ex parte investigatory proceeding determine whether probable cause believe violation criminal laws occurred trial requiring prosecutor ferret present evidence used trial create reasonable doubt defendant guilt inconsistent purpose grand jury proceeding place significant burdens investigation mean prosecutor may mislead grand jury believing probable cause indict withholding clear evidence contrary thus agree department justice prosecutor conducting grand jury inquiry personally aware substantial evidence directly negates guilt subject investigation prosecutor must present otherwise disclose evidence grand jury seeking indictment person dept justice attorneys manual although question whether evidence withheld case directly negates respondent guilt need resolve doubts solicitor general ask review nature evidence withheld instead asked us decide legal question whether indictment may dismissed prosecutor failed present exculpatory evidence unlike solicitor general believe answer question yes withheld evidence plainly preclude finding probable cause therefore endorse opinion importantly firmly opposed favored treatment government litigator dismiss writ certiorari improvidently granted government acknowledged certain responsibilities case page cir includes duty withhold substantial exculpatory evidence grand jury exists government contend familiar complied principles stated case considering evidence whole clear government complied went beyond requirements page supra brief response appellee brief nos pp respondent relied phillips petroleum nd government distinguished case based type evidence excluded phillips supra prosecutor sent grand jury home day continued questioning witness session outside hearing grand jury members witness granted use immunity testified certain information showed witness one knowingly committed offense showed corporation intentionally committed offense case question withheld testimony made factually impossible corporate defendant guilty therefore evidence substantial exculpatory instant case disagreement government defendant whether documents defendant wants presented full exculpatory brief duignan see also lovasco ortiz today never suggested fact argument pressed litigant passed appeals different case satisfy requirement stevens department treasury virginia bankshares sandberg discussed ante routine applications settled rule although parties may raised questions presented petitions certiorari courts appeals cases courts treated questions open questions needed resolve order decide cases similarly springfield kibbe appeals expressly considered answered question justice thought decide see case contrast involved routine restatement application settled law appellate previously found insufficient satisfy pressed passed upon rule illinois gates expresses inability understand difference routine application without objection settled rule one hand decision open question ground argued parties difference best explained light basic assumption adversary process provides best method arriving correct decisions rules appellate practice generally require issue actually raised debated parties preserved exceptional case appellate announces new rule debated parties review may appropriate give losing party opportunity otherwise challenge rule case however reason government challenged page rule case tenth circuit need exception preserve losing litigant opportunity heard moreover government failure object application page rule deprived appeals opportunity reexamine validity rule light intervening developments law sandbagging improper appellate trial expressed passed predicate exercise jurisdiction special importance determining power review judgments newly announced view routine application settled rule satisfies passed requirement federal case see reason also satisfy requirement state case suggests improvident dismiss writ certiorari ground government failed raise question presented lower courts respondent raised argument brief opposition nevertheless granted writ case briefed argued ante disagree vote four justices sufficient grant petition certiorari action preclude majority dismissing writ improvidently granted case argued see naacp overstreet dismissing oral argument writ improvidently granted dissent four justices frequently dismissed writ improvidently granted case briefed argued fact already done twice term see gibson florida bar pfz properties rodriguez although always explain reason dismissal occasion dismissed writ reasons raised respondent brief opposition thus nothing precludes dismissing writ case found government guilty prosecutorial misconduct fail ed provide polygraph evidence grand jury despite prosecutor guarantee judge pregerson exculpatory evidence presented grand jury compound ed indiscretion erroneously unequivocally telling grand jury polygraph evidence inadmissible roberts although majority ciambrone agree judge friendly appraisal prejudicial impact misconduct case also recognized prosecutor duty avoid fundamentally unfair tactics grand jury proceedings judge mansfield explained hand prosecutor right exercise discretion selectivity presentation evidence grand jury entitle mislead engage fundamentally unfair tactics prosecutor instance may obtain indictment basis evidence known perjurious basurto cir leading believe received eyewitness rather hearsay testimony estepa cir add prosecutor aware substantial evidence negating guilt interest justice make known grand jury least might reasonably expected lead jury indict see aba project standards criminal justice prosecution function pp indeed even acknowledges congress power regulate grand jury concedes congress free prescribe rule requiring prosecutor disclose substantial exculpatory evidence grand jury ante costello example held indictment based solely hearsay evidence invalid grand jury clause fifth amendment rejected petitioner argument invoke power supervise administration justice federal courts create rule permitting defendants challenge indictments based unreliable hearsay evidence declined exercise power way persuasive reasons advanced establishing rule run counter whole history grand jury institution laymen conduct inquiries unfettered technical rules neither justice concept fair trial requires change although opinion barely mentions fact grand jury intended serve invaluable function standing accuser accused must assume proper case acknowledge even solicitor general unrestrained prosecutorial misconduct grand jury proceedings subvert integrity grand jury process justify judicial intervention cf franks delaware discussing analogous considerations holding search warrant affidavit may challenged supported deliberately false police statements brief reluctant rely lower courts judgment regard apparently applied lenient legal standard district dismissed indictment information withheld raises reasonable doubt defendant intent defraud thus renders grand jury decision indict gravely suspect app pet cert appeals affirmed decision clearly erroneous