L. K. Peterson and William H. Scott, Jr. v. United States

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• temporary illness or disability of a witness is not sufficient to justify admission of prior testimony without a showing that a continuance would not resolve the problem
• witness unavailable to testify for five to seven months due to complications of pregnancy
• “We need not prescribe in this case the exact dimensions of the rule . . . .”
• where existence of criminal conspiracy not at issue in first two trials, former testimony of a witness may not be offered to prove a conspiracy in the third trial

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