United States v. Roger D. Blackwell

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• holding that the “cumulative prejudice of trial errors did not render Defendant’s trial fundamentally unfair”
• finding no abuse of discretion in the district court’s refusal to use special verdict form where the instructions accurately set forth the law
• affirming that witness’s statement that he heard there was a rumor about a buyout on a message 10 board was inadmissible hearsay when offered to prove the existence of the rumor and double hearsay when offered to prove the existence of the buyout
• affirming a defendant’s sentence where the district court in its § 3553(a
• describing this principle as “black letter law” in the Sixth Circuit
• “[T]he black letter law of this Circuit requires district courts to consider all factors brought to their attention by a defendant.”

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