United States v. McLendon, Juan

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• characterizing the district court’s instruction “reminding the jury ... to disregard” the testimony as “stern[ ]”
• denying mistrial motion “[i]n light of th[e] strong evidence of [defendant’s] guilt, coupled with the judge’s curative instructions”
• ―[W]e should not lose sight of the fact that the same judge who initially weighed the [Fed. R. Evid. 403] balance against admission of the evidence, subsequently determined that the [evidence] did not warrant a mistrial.‖
• no abuse of discretion in denying a motion for mistrial based on exposure of jury to evidence determined to violate Fed. R.Evid. 403 because of “the brevity of the offending testimony and the clarity of .the district court’s [curative] instructions”
• no abuse of discretion in denying a motion for mistrial based on exposure of jury to evidence determined to violate Fed. R. Evid. 403 because of ―the brevity of the offending testimony and the clarity of the district court‘s [curative] instructions‖

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