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· 6/2/1982

United States v. James Henry Patterson

Citations

  • 678 F.2d 774
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 18787
  • 10 Fed. R. Serv. 1095

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the admission of portions of grand jury testimony as past recorded recollection is proper use of such testimony
  • concluding no error in admission of a recollection of events occurring 10 months before the recollection
  • holding grand jury transcript admissible where declarant testified that he did not believe he had lied to grand jury and that he had recalled the events better when he testified to grand jury
  • holding a delay of ten months satisfied the freshness requirement
  • “Broad discretion for the trial judge is clearly intended under [Fed. R. Evid.] 803(5

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Judges: Kennedy, Skopil, Burns

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