Assertion: defendant's witness | /r/HasProperty | deposed
Facets:
value: by filing a written motion
type: MANNER
value: in order to preserve testimony
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A party may move that a prospective witness be deposed in order to preserve testimony for trial.
text: A witness who is detained under 18 U.S.C. §3144 may request to be deposed by filing a written motion and giving notice to the parties.
text: The government shall make available to the defendant for his examination and use at the taking of the deposition any statement of the witness being deposed which is in the possession of the government and which the government would be required to make available to the defendant if the witness were testifying at the trial.