United States v. David Pennington

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• holding that “summaries of an oral statement which evidence substantial selection of material ... are not to be produced” under the Jencks Act
• explaining that the Supreme Court in Jencks had exercised its “power, in the absence of statutory provision, to prescribe procedures for the administration of justice in the federal courts”
• holding defense cannot compel disclosure of memoranda containing a Government agent’s interpretation of a witness’ statements, because such statements are not “the witness’ own [but] rather ... the product of the investigator’s selections, interpretations and interpolations.”
• holding defense cannot compel disclosure of memoranda containing a Government agent’s interpretation of a witness’ statements, because such statements are not “the witness’ own [but] rather ... the product of the investigator’s selections, interpretations and interpolations.”
• upholding federal statute establishing more narrow disclosure of Jenks material than prior rule established by Supreme Court
• upholding federal statute establishing more narrow disclosure of Jenks material than prior rule established by Supreme Court

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