United States v. Jose Abonce-Barrera

How courts have described this case

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• finding that evidence was not material under Brady where the defendant had only “a hunch” that the evidence would be useful
• noting that evidence of expert bias goes to the expert’s credibility
• discerning no abuse of discretion by the trial court where “the Spanish-language tapes were played for the jury, and the English translations were read to the jury”
• relying, in part, on the fact that proffered expert’s “native language” was Spanish
• “Generally, evidence of bias goes toward the credibility of a witness, not his competency to testify, and credibility is an issue for the jury.”
• “Generally, evidence of bias goes toward the credibility of a witness, not his 13 competency to testify, and credibility is an issue for the jury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).