Opinion ID: 199833
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Padilla testimony.

Text: 53 At a March 25, 1999, preliminary hearing, agent Padilla testified that when he interviewed agents Velez and Rivera, they said that they identified Luciano as the speed boat's driver as he was being brought to them at the station. At trial, agent Padilla testified that agents Velez and Rivera told him that they could identify Luciano as the boat's captain. Defense counsel presented agent Padilla with his preliminary hearing transcript statement to refresh his recollection of his earlier testimony. Agent Padilla admitted to making the statement in the transcript. 54 On these facts, Luciano's argument again fails. First, the preliminary hearing statement and the trial statement are not at all inconsistent, and thus Rule 801(d)(1)(A) does not apply. Second, defense counsel did not attempt to introduce agent Padilla's testimony as substantive evidence; it was admitted, at counsel's direction, to refresh agent Padilla's recollection. Luciano may not now argue, for the first time on appeal, that it was error not to admit the evidence for some other purpose. 10 55