Legal Opinion
Campbell v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1961No. 53PublishedCited by 310 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
After a government witness testifies on direct examination in a federal criminal prosecution the trial court is required, under the so-called Jencks Act,1 on motion of *87the defendant, to order the United States to produce, for impeachment purposes, defined pretrial statements of the witness, or parts of such statements as determined under subsection (c), which relate to the subject matter of his trial testimony and are in the possession of the United States. The conviction of the petitioners in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts for bank robbery in violation of 18 U. S. C. §…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. Shotwell Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by310 opinions
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- Ponte v. RealSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Caluza v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1995
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