United States v. Joseph Anderson

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• ruling that a confession was not involuntary where the defendant “was not handcuffed during the interview, the officers never displayed any weapons, and they never placed their hands on him.”
• applying clear error standard in reviewing “district court’s denial of [defendant’s] motion to suppress his interrogation video”
• applying clear error standard in reviewing “district court’s denial of [defendant’s] motion to suppress his interrogation video”
• finding the court’s instruction to the jury to disregard the prosecutor’s improper comment during closing argument and the court’s general instruction that attorney arguments are not evidence was “likely sufficient to cure any prejudice resulting from the improper prosecutorial comment”
• “Anderson had significant contact with law enforcement prior to the instant arrest. His experience with the criminal process makes it less likely that his confession was involuntary.”
• \[W]e defer to the district court's credibility determination....\

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