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· 8/6/1991

United States v. Rosalba Solivan

Citations

  • 937 F.2d 1146
  • 1991 WL 117404

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that an admonition that came after a twenty minute break was not swift enough for curative instruction to be sufficient because improper statement had been \etched in granite\ in the jurors' minds
  • holding that an admonition that came after a twenty minute break was not swift enough for curative instruction to be sufficient because improper statement had been “etched in granite” in the jurors’ minds
  • holding that comments that implied that the drug trade would continue if the jury did not convict the defendant were improper
  • holding that comments that implied that the drug trade would continue if the jury did not convict the defendant were improper
  • holding that egregious prosecutorial misconduct constituted error when in closing the prosecutor asked the jury to “tell [defendant] and all of the other drug dealers like her ... that we don’t want that stuff in Northern Kentucky. ...”
  • holding that egregious prosecutorial misconduct constituted error when in closing the prosecutor asked the jury to \tell [defendant] and all of the other drug dealers like her . . . that we don't want that stuff in Northern Kentucky . . . .\

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Judges: Keith, Milburn, Contie

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