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during the trial in order to allow both parties an opportunity to
present their arguments fully and to allow the Court to review
carefully the exhibits in question. Petitioner no longer objects
to the admission of Exhibits P (Judgment and Probation/Commitment
Order regarding petitioner's father dated September 22, 1982) and
U (Judgment and Probation/Commitment Order regarding petitioner's
father dated April 29, 1988); those exhibits will therefore be
received into evidence.
Exhibit S is an unsigned complaint dated October 26, 1987,
by Special Agent Phil Wagner for the Minnesota State Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension against Charles Lee Grass, an alias of
petitioner's father, charging him with the manufacture and
distribution of marijuana or possession with intent to
manufacture and distribute marijuana. Exhibit S does not recite
any facts which connect petitioner to the illegal activities of
his father, nor does it reveal any facts which tend to show that
petitioner's father possessed a substantial amount of money which
petitioner could have appropriated. We therefore conclude that
Exhibit S is irrelevant to the issue for which it is offered and
is therefore inadmissible. Fed. R. Evid. 401.
Exhibit T is a copy of an indictment against John Robert
Boone a/k/a Charles Lee Grass, filed on November 17, 1987, in
which he was charged with the manufacture of, possession with
intent to distribute, and distribution of, marijuana. As with
Exhibit S, the indictment contains no mention of any cash, either
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