Assertion: defendant's statement | /r/CreatedBy | the defendant
Facets:
value: to a government agent
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Upon a defendant's request, the government must disclose to the defendant the substance of any relevant oral statement made by the defendant, before or after arrest, in response to interrogation by a person the defendant knew was a government agent if the government intends to use the statement at trial.
text: Otherwise, the prosecution would have the difficult task of locating and disclosing the myriad oral statements made by a defendant, even if it had no intention of using the statements at trial.
text: (B) a statement made to the defendant, or the defendant's attorney or agent, by:
text: The amendment to Rule 16(a)(1)(A) expands slightly government disclosure to the defense of statements made by the defendant.
text: It is up to the plaintiff to prove the defaming statement was made by the defendant and prove how the plaintiff was damaged as a result.
text: Subdivision (a)(1)(A) also provides for mandatory disclosure of a summary of any oral statement made by defendant to a government agent which the attorney for the government intends to use in evidence.