United States First Circuit

Under the doctrine of completeness codified in Federal Rule of Evidence 106, a party wishing to introduce only a portion of a recorded statement may be precluded from doing so, where partial disclosure out of context would result in unfairness to the other party.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2000
• Published 10/27/2000

Judges

• COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rafael F. Castro Lang, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Antonio R. Bazan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Camille Velez-Rive, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief for the appellee.