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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 458 Filed 11/12/21 Pagelof2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT USDC SDNY
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 11/12/21
United States of America,
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20-CR-330 (AJN)
Ghislaine Maxwell,
ORDER
Defendant.
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:
The Court is in receipt of the Government’s letter motion seeking clarification on two
items from the November 1, 2021 pretrial conference. Dkt. No. 455.
As to the first item, the Government seeks clarification about the line between
permissible and impermissible cross-examination for witnesses testifying under a pseudonym.
The Government’s suggested level of generality as to permissible cross-examination of the
witnesses’ careers would unduly curtail the Defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to meaningful
cross-examination. See United States v. Figueroa, 548 F.3d 222, 227 (2d Cir. 2008). The line of
questioning the Government identifies may be relevant to a juror’s credibility determination and
thus the Court will not limit the Defendant’s ability to pursue such questioning on cross-
examination. As the Court noted at the November | conference, the Defendant may not elicit the
name of a specific employer, but the type and genre of employment may be relevant to the jury’s
assessment of credibilty. Nov. 1, 2021 Transcript at 11-12.
As to the second item, the Government is ORDERED to submit a proposed order
regarding sketch artist depictions of certain witnesses on or before November 18, 2021.
SO ORDERED.
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