Legal Opinion
United States v. Robin Sims
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 14, 2015No. 14-2008PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
When a litigant bypasses a district court’s discovery deadlines and belatedly attempts to introduce new evidence, the court has broad discretion to fashion an appropriate remedy. In this case, the district court 1 concluded that the proper remedy was excluding the late evidence. Reviewing under 18 U.S.C. § 3731, we conclude that decision did not exceed the court’s discretion, and we affirm the judgment.
I. Background
In June 2013, Robin Sims was arrested and charged with, among other things, being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On…
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