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Fed. R. Crim. P. 26.2
Producing a Witness’s Statement
(a) Motion to Produce. After a witness other than the defendant
has testified on direct examination, the court, on motion of a
party who did not call the witness, must order an attorney for the
government or the defendant and the defendant’s attorney to
produce, for the examination and use of the moving party, any
statement of the witness that is in their possession and that relates to the subject matter of the witness’s testimony.
(b) Producing the Entire Statement. If the entire statement relates to the subject matter of the witness’s testimony, the court
must order that the statement be delivered to the moving party.
(c) Producing a Redacted Statement. If the party who called the
witness claims that the statement contains information that is
privileged or does not relate to the subject matter of the witness’s
testimony, the court must inspect the statement in camera. After
excising any privileged or unrelated portions, the court must
order delivery of the redacted statement to the moving party. If
the defendant objects to an excision, the court must preserve the
entire statement with the excised portion indicated, under seal, as
part of the record.
(d) Recess to Examine a Statement. The court may recess the
proceedings to allow time for a party to examine the statement
and prepare for its use.
(e) Sanction for Failure to Produce or Deliver a Statement. If the
party who called the witness disobeys an order to produce or deliver a statement, the court must strike the witness’s testimony
from the record. If an attorney for the government disobeys the
order, the court must declare a mistrial if justice so requires.
(f) ‘‘Statement’’ Defined. As used in this rule, a witness’s ‘‘statement’’ means:
(1) a written statement that the witness makes and signs, or
otherwise adopts or approves;
(2) a substantially verbatim, contemporaneously recorded
recital of the witness’s oral statement that is contained in any
recording or any transcription of a recording; or
(3) the witness’s statement to a grand jury, however taken
or recorded, or a transcription of such a statement.
39 Rule 29 FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
(g) Scope. This rule applies at trial, at a suppression hearing
under Rule 12, and to the extent specified in the following rules:
(1) Rule 5.1(h) (preliminary hearing);
(2) Rule 32(i)(2) (sentencing);
(3) Rule 32.1(e) (hearing to revoke or modify probation or supervised release);
(4) Rule 46(j) (detention hearing); and
(5) Rule 8 of the Rules Governing Proceedings under 28
U.S.C. § 2255.
(As added Apr. 30, 1979, eff. Dec. 1, 1980; amended Mar. 9, 1987, eff.
Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 22, 1993, eff. Dec. 1, 1993; Apr. 24, 1998, eff. Dec.
1, 1998; Apr. 29, 2002, eff. Dec. 1, 2002.)
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