What is the test for allowing the prosecution to refresh the memory of a witness?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Harris, 65 F.3d 177 (9th Cir. 1995):
"The trial court has wide limits of discretion in its decisions to permit the prosecution to refresh the memory of a witness[, and] [a]bsent clear injustice, that discretion will not be abridged." United States v. Mkhsian, 5 F.3d 1306, 1313 (9th Cir.1993) (quotations omitted).
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