United States v. Timothy R. Thomas

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• holding that admission of lay opinion from law enforcement agents “was erroneously admitted because they did not set forth the specific bases (events, other calls, seizures of contraband, etc.
• noting the availability of \other options\ that do not implicate the \line between judicial clarification and impermissible judicial interference\ in holding that the district court abused its discretion in referring to evidence in its answer to the jury's question
• “Although the Confrontation Clause guarantees an opportunity for effective cross-examination, ‘trial judges retain wide latitude . . . to impose reasonable limits on such cross-examination.’”
• “Although the Confrontation Clause guarantees an opportunity for effective cross-examination, ‘trial judges retain wide latitude . . . to impose reasonable limits on such cross-examination.’”
• probativeness diminished and prejudice heightened because “the cross-examination would have conceded, this is Rule 404(b

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