United States v. John Dwyer and John Dobranski

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• trial court's decision to exclude psychiatric expert's testimony crucial to defense, coupled with failure to provide reasons for its discretionary ruling, was abuse of discretion
• exclusion of expert testimony relevant to defendant's insanity defense constituted abuse of discretion granted by Rule 403
• exclusion of expert testimony relevant to defendant’s insanity defense constituted abuse of discretion granted by Rule 403
• “[ajlthough Rule 403 has placed great discretion in the trial judge, discretion does not mean immunity from accountability;” trial judge should have put reasons for exclusion on trial record
• transfer of machinegun to undercover agent in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5811 (tax requirement), 5812 (application requirement), 5861(e) (prohibited transfer)
• “In the balancing of probative value against unfair prejudice required by Rule 403, the trial judge has wide discretion[.]” (quotation omitted)

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