Court Opinion

ID: 9476827
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:06:36.324932+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:31.960616
License: Public Domain

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the affirmance of the conviction. I write separately to emphasize that the practice of permitting proffers of evidence to be made only during a recess and outside the presence of the court is not only not good practice, but it is also not fair to the party who is forced to make such a proffer in response to a ruling by the trial court.
For the trial court not to make a full record, furthermore, of discussions at the bench concerning a ruling or some other evidentiary matter contemporaneously fails to conform to the law, requiring a full transcription of trial proceedings. I would specifically find this practice to be unacceptable.