United States v. Shawanna Reeves

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• noting that “issues raised 38 USCA11 Case: 18-13321 Date Filed: 02/26/2021 Page: 39 of 51 by a defendant in closing argument are fair game for the prosecution on rebuttal” (quotation marks omitted)
• stating that efforts to conceal a conspiracy prove knowledge and agreement
• stating that drug quantity attribution is subject to clear error review
• describing the type of clerical errors curable under Rule 36 as “scrivener’s errors”
• finding no clear error where the district court relied conservatively on a coconspirator’s testimony to estimate drug quantity, while recognizing that the coconspirator may have “exaggerated somewhat” and that his testimony included possible inconsistencies
• “[A]lthough a prosecutor may not exceed the evidence presented at trial during her closing argument, she may state conclusions drawn from the trial evidence.”

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