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Reciprocal discovery

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005432

A discovery arrangement in which each side must disclose to the other in return for what it receives, most often in criminal cases. Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, a defendant who asks the prosecution for documents, objects, or examination reports triggers a matching duty to disclose similar items the defense intends to use at trial. Due process requires that such obligations be mutual, as the Supreme Court held in 1973.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005432
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005432",
  "term": "Reciprocal discovery",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A discovery arrangement in which each side must disclose to the other in return for what it receives, most often in criminal cases. Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, a defendant who asks the prosecution for documents, objects, or examination reports triggers a matching duty to disclose similar items the defense intends to use at trial. Due process requires that such obligations be mutual, as the Supreme Court held in 1973.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/reciprocal-discovery/"
}

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