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The defendant was convicted of knowingly persuading his underage wife to travel interstate for prostitution purposes. At trial, the wife was a reluctant witness and the prosecution was allowed to read her entire testimony from a preliminary hearing as substantive evidence, rather than just for impeachment. The appellate court found this was improper and that the prior testimony should have only been considered for impeachment purposes. Because the court could not say with fair assurance that the jury

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