Opinion ID: 746275
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Tape Recordings of Lessie Vance

Text: 16 Kilgore asserts that the prosecution committed another Bagley violation in failing to disclose certain tape-recorded statements of Lessie Vance, which the defense would have been able to use in impeaching Vance's credibility. Vance testified at trial that he, Kilgore, and Luckett pawned Wilkins's jewelry the day after she was killed. The tape-recordings apparently were of an early conversation between Vance and the police, in which Vance provided an alternative explanation of why he had Wilkins's jewelry. 17 The District Court held that there was no Bagley prejudice in the non-disclosure of the tapes, because Vance testified repeatedly at trial that he had lied during that first meeting with the police. The defense knew about the statements themselves, and would have been in no better position to impeach Vance if it had had the tapes. We concur in the District Court's conclusion.