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Supreme Court· 1/20/1969

United States v. Augenblick

Citations

  • 393 U.S. 348
  • 89 S. Ct. 528
  • 21 L. Ed. 2d 537
  • 1969 U.S. LEXIS 2855

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the loss of both notes and tape recordings of interviews with government witnesses did not constitute a denial of due process
  • holding that the loss of both notes and tape recordings of interviews with government witnesses did not constitute a denial of due process
  • holding that habeas corpus was not available to a naval officer who was dismissed from service and not imprisoned
  • holding that the failure to produce rough notes which were not verbatim statements and therefore did not fall within Jencks Act, and tapes which were Jencks Act materials, did not present a case that was a “worthy candidate for consideration at the constitutional level”
  • stating that there was “no doubt” that lost “tapes were covered by the Jencks Act”
  • noting that when violations, of the Jencks Act occur, the imposition of sanctions is left to the trial court’s discretion

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Judges: Douglas

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