United States v. De-Jesus-Mateo

How courts have described this case

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• holding that prior convictions for separate drug transactions that were eleven months apart constituted separate criminal episodes even though the conduct underlying both convictions was arguably part of the same conspiracy
• noting that “[w]ithin wide margins, the prejudice caused by improper testimony can be addressed by providing appropriate curative instructions
• applying the mandatory life sentence enhancement for priors which occurred during the same conspiracy
• “Within wide margins, the prejudice caused by improper testimony can be addressed by providing appropriate curative instructions.”
• brief mention of past incarceration “with little detail” did not warrant mistrial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).