United States v. Anchrum

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• finding government agent’s testimony about why a hypothetical drug dealer would possess a firearm to be permissible expert testimony on the modus operandi of drug dealers
• risks of dual-role testimony mitigated where testimony was bifurcated and the prosecutor announced he would “shift gears” between phases
• “A jury instruction error is harmless if it is ‘ “clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have found the defendant guilty absent the error.” ’ ” (quoting United States v. Gracidas-Uliberry, 231 F.3d 1188, 1197) (9th Cir. 2001

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