Opinion ID: 1384382
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Sixth Amendment Right to Present an Adequate Defense

Text: Stacy alleges that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to present an adequate defense because the trial court prevented him and his co-defendants from presenting expert testimony on a leakage theory offered by Dr. Gregg Jarrell. This Court, in Blackwell, supra, discussed this very issue and determined that the district court was correct in excluding portions of Professor Jerrell's testimony regarding the leakage theory as irrelevant under Fed.R.Evid. 401 because the testimony did not make that theory any more likely than tipping, and thus did not make Defendant's innocence more probable than it would be without the evidence. 459 F.3d at 753 (internal quotations omitted). Because this Court previously addressed the exact issue, it is the law of the case and may not be revisited for the same reasons as previously discussed. Corrado, 227 F.3d at 533. Stacy failed to produce new evidence, argue an intervening change of law or demonstrate that the previous decision was clearly erroneous and enforcement of its holding would result in substantial injustice. Therefore, Stacy's fifth assignment of error is without merit.