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Federal Rule of Evidence 803(5) or a comparable State rule creates a hearsay exception for a memorandum or record concerning a matter about which a witness once had knowledge but now has insufficient recollection to enable the witness to testify fully and accurately, shown to have been made or adopted by the witness when the matter was fresh in the witness' memory and to reflect that knowledge correctly.

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Contributed in February 2009 & last edited in October 2009 by Peter Tillers
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