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U.S. v. SMITH

No. 85-3842.

831 F.2d 657 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Scott E. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Gary Tyack (argued), Tyack and Grubb, Columbus, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

John R. Fisher (argued), Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, and WELLFORD and NELSON, Circuit Judges.

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal of a conviction for armed robbery of a bank. Although there was abundant evidence of the defendant's 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 defendant's counsel to make a contemporaneous proffer of the witness' expected testimony, on the record and in the court's...

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