United States v. Khalil Abdul Hakim A/K/A Anthony Lowery Khalil Abdul Hakim

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• holding that a thirty-minute delay in providing curative instructions to a jury for improper conduct did not result in prejudice against the defendant
• holding that a thirty-minute delay in providing curative instructions to a jury for improper conduct did not result in prejudice against the defendant
• holding that a curative instruction, given thirty minutes after a witness testified as to the defendant’s prior drug use, was sufficient to overcome any prejudice caused by such testimony
• noting that the timing of the curative jury instruction may impact whether the damage from improperly admitted testimony can be undone
• noting “the presumption that juries follow the instructions given by district courts” (citing United States v. Newby, 11 F.3d 1143, 1147 (3d Cir. 1993)
• thirty minute delay, much of which was taken up by a recess, was “insufficient to overcome the presumption that the jury adhered to the dictates of the curative instruction”

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