FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
The issue raised in this case is whether a district judge may compel the Government at a pre-trial suppression hearing to turn over to the defense for use in cross-examination prior statements of prosecution witnesses who have already testified on direct. We hold that the Jencks Act (the Act), 18 U.S.C. § 3500, requires a negative answer.
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The United States appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from an order of...
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