United States v. Benjamin Jamil

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• noting that “the exclusion of relevant, but cumulative, evidence is within the discretion of the trial court”
• stating that cumulative testimony is testimony that “replicates other admitted evidence”
• reversing the district court’s exclusion of a tape recording “made by a government informant of a conversation with [the] defendant” that “suggest[ed] that law enforcement officers were interested in the defendant” under Rule 403
• “Evidence is cumulative when it replicates other admitted evidence, and the exclusion of relevant, but cumulative, evidence is within the discretion of the trial court.”
• in absence of significant showing of unfair prejudice, evidence having substantial probative value not to be excluded
• “At this stage of the litigation, when the trial has not yet com- menced and no evidence has yet been put before a jury, it is premature to conclude that this evidence is cumulative.”

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