JENCKS MATERIAL

Jencks material.Criminal procedure. A prosecution witness’s written or recorded pretrial statement that a criminal defendant, upon filing a motion after the witness has testified, is entitled to have in preparing to cross-examine the witness. • The defense may use a statement of this kind for impeachment purposes. Jencks v. United States, 353 U.S. 657, 77 S.Ct. 1007 (1957); Jencks Act, 18 USCA § 3500. Cf. BRADY MATERIAL. [Cases: Criminal Law 627.7. C.J.S. Criminal

Law §§ 510, 514.]

reverse Jencks material.Criminal procedure. A defense witness’s written or recorded pretrial statement that a prosecutor is entitled to have in preparing to cross-examine the witness. • Reverse Jencks material may be obtained during pretrial discovery. Discoverable statements include a witness’s signed or adopted written statement, and transcripts or recordings of the witness’s oral statements, including grand-jury testimony. United States v. Nobles, 422 U.S. 225, 231–34, 95 S.Ct. 2160, 2166–68 (1975); Fed. R. Crim. P. 26.2. — Also termed reverse Jencks; reverse discovery; reciprocal discovery.

[Blacks Law 8th]