The reception of further evidence on appeal is exceptional and requires the evidence to be highly significant (if not determinative) and either unavailable at trial or not adduced for very good reason. Documents available at trial but not tendered, and proposals to recall witnesses to improve upon the factual case run below, will not satisfy this threshold. Self-representation warrants some allowance but does not materially lower the standard.
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