United States v. James Wells

ORDER

The Opinion filed on December 19, 2017, is amended as follows: on slip opinion page 66, lines 12-22, replace the following text:

“The defendant’s right to present evidence which may exonerate him, however, is not absolute and may have to ‘bow to accommodate other legitimate interests in the criminal trial process.’ ” Id. (quoting Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 296 (1973)). This type of-evidence is not admissible “if it simply affords a possible ground of suspicion against such person; rather, it must be coupled with substantial evidence tending to directly connect that person with…