Does the completeness doctrine require the admission of portions of a statement that are neither explanatory nor relevant to the admitted passages?
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The following excerpt is from United States v. Davis, No. 11-2325-cr (2nd Cir. 2013):
United States v. Johnson, 507 F.3d 793, 796 (2d Cir. 2007) (alteration and quotation marks omitted). "The completeness doctrine does not, however, require the admission of portions of a statement that are neither explanatory of nor relevant to the admitted passages." Id. (quotation marks omitted).
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