· 1/24/1996
United States v. Louise H. Marshall, John M. Gliottoni, Jr. And Charles Panici
Citations
- 75 F.3d 1097
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 904
How courts have described this case
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- finding no impropriety when the prosecutor commented that the jury should acquit if it disbelieved an FBI agent because the prosecutor did not state that disbelieving the FBI agent was the only way to acquit
- not improper to state that the jury should acquit if it believed that the witness lied because the government did not argue that disbelieving its witness was the only way to acquit
- not improper for prosecutor to comment that jury should acquit if it disbelieved FBI agent because prosecutor did not state that disbelieving FBI agent was the only way to acquit
- prosecutor did not accuse defendant of lying about meeting both had attended but simply contrasted defendant’s testimony with that of the Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who had testified about the meeting for the State
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Judges: Posner, Wood, Coffey
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