United States v. Dockery

REILLY, Associate Judge:

Under a Congressional statute popularly known as the Jencks Act,1 a defendant in a criminal prosecution may, after a witness called by the Government has testified on direct examination “in the trial of the case”, obtain from the Government any statement or report such witness has previously made, provided the court after ordering the Government to produce such material, rules that the contents relate to the subject matter of the testimony of that witness. In the two cases consolidated here on appeal, the court below ruled that in hearings on pretrial motions to…