Does a defendant have an unlimited right to present inadmissible evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Edwards, 101 F.3d 17 (2nd Cir. 1996):
Edwards claims that his defense was impaired by the court's limiting his testimony to thirty minutes. But this also fell within the discretion of the district court. Defendant clearly does not have an unlimited right to present inadmissible evidence. Montana v. Egelhoff, --- U.S. ----, ----, 116 S.Ct. 2013, 2017, 135 L.Ed.2d 361 (1996).
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