A "criminal trial is not a game of wits between opposing counsel, the cleverer party, or the one with the greater resources, to be the 'winner.'" Levin v. Katzenbach, 363 F.2d 287, 291 (D.C. Cir. 1966). These words can be found in hundreds of opinions throughout our country, usually extolling the advantages of a liberal discovery process. As observed by the United States Supreme Court, "the ends of justice will best be served by a system of liberal discovery which gives both parties the maximum possible amount of information with which to prepare their cases and thereby reduces the possibility of surprise at trial." Wardius v. Oregon, 412 U.S. 470, 473 (1973).