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Philomena Badami v. Terry Flood, 214 F.3d 994 (2000)

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Philomena Badami v. Terry Flood, 214 F.3d 994 (2000)
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Philomena Badami v. Terry Flood, 214 F.3d 994 (2000)
Effective Date
2000-06-05

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Federal Rule of Evidence 103(a) provides that "[e]rror may not be predicated
upon a ruling which . . . excludes evidence unless . . . the substance of the evidence
was made known to the court by offer or was apparent from the context within which
questions were asked." In order to challenge a trial court's exclusion of evidence, the
issue must be preserved for appeal by making an offer of proof on the record. See
Dupre v. Fru-Con Engineering Inc., 112 F.3d 329, 336 (8th Cir. 1997); Holst v.
Countryside Enterprise, Inc. 14 F.3d 1319, 1323 (8th Cir. 1994). Mrs. Badami failed
to make an offer of proof to the district court regarding the evidence allegedly excluded
by the court.