United States v. Ronnie K. Pugh

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• so long as cross-examination is not “an improbable flight of fancy” nor “utterly implausible” it is permissible
• so long as cross-examination is not \an improbable flight of fancy\ nor \utterly implausible\ it is permissible
• “False insinuation in a question, even followed by an indignant denial from the witness, undoubtedly leaves a trace of prejudice in the jury’s mind”
• trial judge retains discretionary right to limit cross-examination on new matters first broached on cross-examination
• “Trial counsel in many cases cannot possibly have a foundation in fact for all questions, only a well reasoned suspicion that a circumstance might be true.”
• The witness had testified that he was going to visit a male when robbed; on cross-examination he was asked, on mere reasonable suspicion, if he was not actually going to see a female

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