LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
On October 29, 1999, a jury found Charles Wilkerson guilty on one count of crack cocaine distribution. Wilkerson's subsequent motion for a new trial was granted. In granting the motion, the district court concluded that it erred in excluding evidence of a prior bad act of the prosecution's informant offered to impeach his credibility. Furthermore, the court concluded that the error was not harmless, primarily because of concerns about the effectiveness...
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