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U.S. v. Gonzalez-Maldonado, No. 96-1120 (1st Cir.) (115 F.3d 9) (May 30, 1997) (Judge Juan R. Torruella)

Case held it was reversible error for the trial court to have excluded psychiatric testimony regarding witness' testimony to exaggerate, where witness was incompetent to testify.

Case held that its is well established that a witness' mental state can be relevant to the issue of the witness' credibility.

 

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