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evidenceevidencedocument2015 Federal TrialSearch warrant application the defense sought to explore on cross-examinationOn Day 4, the court ruled that much of the proposed questioning about the search warrant application was off limits because it would elicit beliefs, speculation, or legal conclusions. The court distinguished those questions from permissible questioning about directly observed facts relevant to the defense theory.
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Search warrant application the defense sought to explore on cross-examination

On Day 4, the court ruled that much of the proposed questioning about the search warrant application was off limits because it would elicit beliefs, speculation, or legal conclusions. The court distinguished those questions from permissible questioning about directly observed facts relevant to the defense theory.

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The ruling restricted the defense's proposed use of the application to elicit an investigator's beliefs about an alternative perpetrator, while leaving competent factual evidence of another operator or a handoff permissible.

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