United States v. John Ruppel

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• concluding that the district court erred in instructing the jury on the presumption of innocence at the beginning of the trial but failing to repeat the instructions at the close of trial eleven days later
• district judge should have repeated presumption of innocence instruction at end of trial, although finding harmless error
• district judge should have repeated presumption of innocence instruction at end of trial, although finding harmless error
• denial of severance proper when codefendant's possible testimony merely duplicates testimony already admitted and it is only \more likely\ that codefendant would testify at separate trial
• co-defendant’s testimony as to defendant’s knowledge of illegal purpose was opinion but permissible on redirect to clarify statement elicited on cross-examination
• where grand jury summoned witness to aid its continuing investigation of marijuana smuggling, fact that testimony incidentally benefitted government did not justify sanctions for abuse

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