United States v. Florita Bell Griffin, Terrence Bernard Roberts, Joe Lee Walker

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• holding that district court clearly erred in its benefit calculation for the purposes of the sentencing guidelines enhancement
• holding federal tax credits assigned to state agency for reallocation to taxpayers were not property while in possession of agency
• holding that constructive amendment was plain error and reversing
• noting that allowing government witnesses to summarize anticipated evidence “would greatly increase the danger that a jury ‘might rely upon the alleged facts . . . as if those facts had already been proved’” (cleaned up
• “Where objected to testimony is cumulative of other testimony that has not been objected to, the error that occurred is harmless.”
• improper to allow Government witness to read from state statutes and to give her own interpretation of the law

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