The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Bronston, 658 F.2d 920 (2nd Cir. 1981):
The expert testimony which defendant sought to introduce should have been admitted for this purpose. United States v. Garvin, 565 F.2d 519, 522-23 (8th Cir. 1977). The district court's summary rejection of this testimony with the comment "We are trying a case, not a breach of ethics," was prejudicial error.
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