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By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant's searching cross examination at a Franks hearing was alleged to have a chilling effect on his testimony at trial. He did not show, however, what The defendant has failed to identify any particular subjects or questions inquired into by government counsel during the suppression hearing that were allegedly beyond the scope of the testimony he willingly gave or were not otherwise relevant to Defendant's credibility at the Franks hearing. Arredondo v. Ortiz, 365 F.3d 778, 783 (9th Cir. 2004) [*19] ("There is no question that a witness's credibility is properly subject to exploration once he takes the stand."). As the Ninth Circuit explained in United States v. Vasquez, 858 F.2d 1387, 1392 (9th Cir. 1988): Federal Rule of Evidence 611(b) commits the scope of cross-examination to the trial judge's discretion...continue to full post

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