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Jencks<\/em> material<\/span>:<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1961)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Criminal procedure<\/em>. A prosecution witness\u2019s written or recorded pretrial statement that a criminal defendant, upon filing a motion after the witness has testified, is entitled to have in preparing to cross-examine the witness. * The defense may use a statement of this kind for impeachment purposes.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Jencks v. U.S<\/em>., 353 U.S. 657, 77 S. Ct. 1007 (1957)<\/span><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Cf. BRADY MATERIAL.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jencks<\/em> rule<\/a><\/span> – the rule that a defendant in a federal criminal prosecution has the right to examine government papers to be better able to cross-examine or impeach government witnesses.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jencks Act<\/a><\/span> – defendant has the right to examine government papers to be better able to cross-examine or impeach government witnesses, but only after the witness has testified.<\/span> 18 USC\u00a0\u00a7 3500<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a> <\/b><\/span><\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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