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- Title: United States v. Smith
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 21, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
Description
This is an appeal of a conviction for armed robbery of a bank. Although there was abundant evidence of the defendants guilt, the case presents a somewhat troubling problem for us because, after restricting cross-examination of an important government witness, the district court apparently declined to permit the defendants counsel to make a contemporaneous proffer of the witness expected testimony, on the record and in the courts presence, directing instead that the proffer be made at a later time. Although the practice of permitting proffers to be added to the record only during a recess and outside the presence of the court is not without precedent in the state courts of Ohio, it is not a good practice, in our view, and ought not be followed by the federal trial courts of this circuit.