When testimony is excluded that another man matching the description of the robber might have committed the crime, does the exclusion apply?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Rahm, 993 F.2d 1405 (9th Cir. 1993):
Applying this rule, we have reversed a conviction for bank robbery when testimony was excluded that another man matching the robber's description might have committed the crime. United States v. Armstrong, 621 F.2d 951, 953 (9th Cir.1980). But as we later explained:
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