What is the test for excluding a witness from a trial?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Armstrong v. Asuncion, Case No. 1:15-cv-01109-DAD-JDP (E.D. Cal. 2020):

The petitioner must show that the excluded testimony "would have been relevant and material, and that it was vital to the defense." Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14, 16 (1967).

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