Germain v. United States
Germain v. United States, 434 U.S. 965 (1977)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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(allowing conclusory cross-examination of expert character witness, but, in dictum,- disapproving similar questioning of a non-expert character witness)
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(“the facts alleged in support of a motion for a new trial were within the defendant’s knowledge at the time of trial” and thus not newly discovered)
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(in dictum disapproving such questioning of non-expert witnesses)
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