United States v. Michael Newman and Frank X. Gaca. Appeal of Frank X. Gaca

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• additional evidence impugning witness’s credibility would have been cumulative where it was already evident that witness was unsavory and untrustworthy
• \[T]he government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant participated in a substantive crime with the desire that the crime be accomplished .\
• “[T]he government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant participated in a substantive crime with the desire that the crime be accomplished.”
• prosecutorial misconduct as one element of totality of circumstances leading to reversal
• generalized instruction to disregard co-defendant's guilty plea when determining the defendant's guilt was inadequate
• trial court did not give sufficiently curative instruction after co-defendant, having been instructed not to mention that another co-defendant had already been convicted of one charge, made reference to it during testimony anyway

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