United States v. Vernon Dale Spivey, Danny H. Spivey, and Michael Gorder

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• finding that the prosecutor’s characterization of the defendants as \con men\ was not improper
• proper to point out that the witnesses' plea agreements gave them a motive to be truthful
• permissible for government to state that cooperation clauses in witnesses’ plea agreements “provided them with a motive to tell the truth”
• government’s remarks in closing concerning character and credibility of defendant were not improper; defendant invited the argument by calling four witnesses to testify as to defendant’s reputation for honesty

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