Past Recollection Recorded

Learn about the definition for this legal term.

What is Past Recollection Recorded?

A writing representing the witness' account of certain events that the witness wrote down or recorded when the events were fresh in her mind. If the witness does not remember sufficiently to describe the events by using present memory, and if it was accurate when written, it may be read into the record.

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