U.S. v. Omar, No. 95-1271 (1st Cir.) (104 F.3d 519) (January 23, 1998) (Judge Michael Boudin)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
February 24, 1997
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Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony.
Case held that grand jury testimony of witness who had died prior to trial was not admissible under Rule 804(b)(1) as "former testimony".
Here the Court observed: "Turning to Rule 804(b)(1), we think that this hearsay exception for prior testimony does extend, where all its conditions are met, to grand …
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