United States v. Ferlin Platero

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• holding that when a district court “proceeds to decide the preliminary relevancy-conditioned-on-fact issue against the proponent where the jury could reasonably find the fact to exist, the judge has violated the proponent’s right to a jury trial”
• exclusion of evidence, in sex assault case, about alleged victim's romantic or sex-val relationship with third party violated defendant's confrontation rights
• exclusion of evidence, in sex assault case, about alleged victim's romantic or sexual relationship with third party violated defendant's confrontation rights

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