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First Circuit· 4/13/1994

United States v. Mitchell

Citations

  • 23 F.3d 1
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 7140
  • 1994 WL 113111

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the trial court’s instructions that closing arguments are not evidence neutralized the effects of trial counsel’s failure to object to the prosecutor’s statements
  • finding that conspiracy to commit arson and aiding and abetting arson are crimes of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 1356
  • aiding and abetting the commission of a 23 crime of violence is a crime of violence itself
  • aiding and abetting a crime of violence is the same as commission of the crime as a principal for purposes of enhanced sentence
  • aiding and abetting the commission of a 23 crime of violence is a crime of violence itself
  • expressing confidence that the judge’s instruction offset any potential prejudice from prosecutor’s closing argument

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Judges: Breyer, Selya, Boudin

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