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Evans v. Verdini, 466 F.3d 141, pin? (1st Cir. 2006) (district court denied petition for habeas corpus of a prisoner convicted for first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison; defendant argued that district court's denial of his right to impeach Hawkins impaired his...The exclusion of exculpatory evidence in a criminal trial does not violate the due constitutional right to present a defense if the grounds for exclusion are not arbitrary or disproportionate.

United States v. Diallo, 40 F.3d 32, 34 (2d Cir. 1994) (reversing conviction for importing heroin into the United States, and possessing heroin with intent to distribute because the trial court erred in not finding....The determination of the competence of expert witnesses is within the discretion of the trial court and the trial court's determination is reviewable only for abuse of discretion.

United States v. Weinstock, 153 F.3d 272, 276 (6th Cir. 1998) (upholding trial court's admission of the Physician Practice Profile [consisting of statistical data generated from Blue Cross computers] as a business record....The hearsay exception for "business records" created by Federal Rule of Evidence 803(6) or a comparable State rule applies only (i) the record is based on the personal knowledge of an entrant with a business duty to record the event or other such matter or (ii) if the record of the event is based on the personal knowledge of a person who had a business duty to transmit the information about the event or other matter to the person or persons who made the record and had a business duty to do so. A person has a "business duty" if the person has a duty to an organization by reason of law, contract, employment relationship, or other such matter to record or report an event, condition, opinion, or other matter to which the business records exception to the hearsay rule may apply.