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A proffer is an offer made prior to any formal negotiations. In a trial, to proffer (sometimes profer ) is to offer evidence in support of an argument (for example, as used in U.S. law [ 1 ] ), or elements of an affirmative defense or offense.
In U.S. criminal law, a proffer agreement, proffer letter, proffer, or "Queen for a Day" letter is a written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness that allows the defendant or witness to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against him or her.
Spencer Proffer (born Salek Profesorski, December 25, 1948) is an American media and record producer. He is the CEO of Meteor 17, a convergence media production company based in Los Angeles , California , United States.
An offer of proof is a kind of motion that a lawyer may present to a judge or to the official presiding over a hearing. It is an explanation made by an attorney to a judge during trial to show why a question which has been objected to as immaterial or irrelevant will lead to evidence of value to proving the case of the lawyer's client.
The Last Command is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released on October 25, 1985.The album was produced by Spencer Proffer, who was perhaps best known for producing the six-time Platinum selling album Metal Health by Quiet Riot in 1983.
Pasha Records was a record label founded by Spencer Proffer, part of the Pasha Music Corporation. [1] With distribution through CBS Records, Pasha was the home to acts such as Quiet Riot, Kick Axe, Outlaws, Isle of Man, Colortone, Billy Thorpe, Randy Bishop and Rhythm Corps.
Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court decision that ruled on the issue of whether the government's grant of immunity from prosecution can compel a witness to testify over an assertion of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
Carl Ray Proffer (September 3, 1938, Buffalo, New York – September 24, 1984, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was an American publisher, scholar, professor, and translator of Russian literature. He was the co-founder (with Ellendea Proffer ) of Ardis Publishers , the largest publishing house devoted to Russian literature outside of the Soviet Union, and ...