What requirements must be satisfied for a recorded recollection to be read into evidence?

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The key idea is that a recorded recollection lets a witness read a document into evidence when the witness once knew the matter but cannot now recall it well enough to testify accurately. For this to work, several conditions must be met: the witness must have had personal knowledge about the matter; the record must have been made or adopted by the witness when the matter was fresh in memory; the witness must currently lack sufficient memory to testify about the contents; and the record must accurately reflect the witness’s knowledge at the time it was made, with the witness testifying that it was created or adopted when the memory was fresh. If the memory can be refreshed by the record itself, that does not qualify as a recorded recollection. When these conditions are satisfied, the contents are read into evidence rather than admitted as an exhibit.