RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The jury convicted the defendant, George Demchak, Jr., on two counts charging violations of federal drug laws. At the trial Demchak's father testified briefly against him. The court limited cross-examination, and then subsequently struck the father's adverse testimony and instructed the jury not to consider it. Because this instruction called for mental discipline beyond what might reasonably be expected of a jury, we reverse for a new trial...
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