Wednesday, January 2, 2008

From the Third Circuit Blog . . .

Third Circuit widens circuit split on guilt-assuming hypotheticals; reaffirms breadth of Rule 404(b) in fraud cases

Brett Sweitzer, an AFPD in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, provides an excellent summary of United States v. Kellogg, No. 05-1893, which held that guilt-assuming hypothetical questions may sometimes be asked of defense character witnesses, widening an existing circuit split on this issue.

Please visit the Third Circuit Blog for the case summary.