· 12/8/1975

United States v. Kevin Harrison, United States of America v. Isaac Pendergrast, United States of America v. Juan Gordon

Citations

524 F.2d 421
173 U.S. App. D.C. 260
1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 11611

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full sanctions will be invoked in future cases if the FBI fails to preserve rough notes
“Full sanctions will be invoked in future cases unless the FBI’s [systematic] practices are modified to embody a suitably broad definition of discoverable evidence and to preserve rough notes from witness interviews.”
FBI practice of destroying interview notes disapproved
disapproving FBI policy of destroying interim notes

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Judges: Wright, Robinson, Blair

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