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State v. Thompson

Citations

  • 397 N.W.2d 679
  • 1986 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1362

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  • finding deposition taken thirty-one days following a crime satisfied the freshness requirement
  • “[T]he ‘freshness’ requirement, although certainly not inflexible, has some absolute limits and may not be satisfied merely by showing that the recollection at the time the memorandum or record was made was better than the witness’s recollection at the time of trial.”
  • discussing rule 803(5) of the Federal Rules of Evidence

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Judges: Reynoldson, Harris, Larson, Schultz, Carter

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