The Division of Justice (DOJ) is asking the courtroom to exclude the testimony of the professional witnesses who will testify on behalf of former crypto golden boy Sam Bankman-Fried.
Bankman-Fried, the founding father of collapsed crypto trade FTX who’s going through legal fees for mishandling his agency’s buyer funds, desires to current seven professional witnesses at his trial however the prosecution questions the legality of the proposal.
In a movement filed on August twenty eighth, the US authorities, represented by U.S. Legal professional Damian Williams, says that the proposed testimonies of Lawrence Akka, Thomas Bishop, Brian Kim, Joseph Pimbley, Bradley Smith, Peter Vinella and Andrew Di Wu in addition to the accompanying disclosures undergo from an array of deficiencies.
The submitting says that Bankman-Fried’s’ legal professionals did not disclose the witnesses’ opinions and set up the premise for these opinions in violation of courtroom guidelines.
“The place the defendant does disclose the professional’s opinions, the opinions are inappropriate topics for professional testimony, lack a dependable methodology or foundation in details and information, or are irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial, and complicated to the jury.”
The prosecution says the proposed opinions of the witnesses is an impermissible professional testimony.
“The proposed specialists would supply authorized conclusions that invade the purview of the Court docket and the jury, or serve no different objective than to offer an professional patina to inadmissible rumour testimony in regards to the defendant’s supposed lack of legal data or intent.”
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