United States v. Edwin R. Salovitz

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• while leave to amend shall be freely given, “futile amendments 18 should not be permitted.”
• “It is common knowledge that defense counsel quite often waive openings as a simple matter of trial strategy . . . [s]uch a waiver has been held to be ‘trivial.’” (internal citations omitted)
• “We believe that an opening statement by the defendant is not [a constitutionally] guaranteed right, and that the making and timing of opening statements can be left constitutionally to the informed discretion of the trial judge.”
• discussing rationales for allowing or disallowing opening statement

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