Glenn E. Diaz v. United States
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Whether a district court can completely bar defense counsel from cross-examining a key government witness on an issue probative of bias and motive, and whether Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo implicitly overruled Stinson v. United States regarding the interpretation of Sentencing Guidelines Commentary
1. Whether a district court can completely bar defense counsel from cross-examining a key government witness on an issue probative of bias and motive. 2. Whether this Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , 603 U.S. 369 (2024) implicitly overruled its earlier decision in Stinson v. United States , 508 U.S. 36 (1993), in which the Court held that Commentary in the Sentencing Guidelines is to be considered “authoritative” when interpreting ambiguous guidelines. 1. The caption of the case contains the names of all the