United States v. Ikechukwu Amahia

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• finding no abuse of discretion under Rule 608(b) where the district court permitted the government to cross-examine defendant regarding insurance fraud
• limiting cross-examination to those “facts which are relevant to the direct examination”
• limiting cross-examination to those “facts which are relevant to the direct examination”
• even the conduct underlying a witness’s arrest must have a direct connection to a crime involving deception before it can be broached on cross-examination pursuant to Rule 608(b)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).