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Seventh Circuit· 12/23/2003

United States v. Wesley Bowman

Citations

  • 353 F.3d 546
  • 63 Fed. R. Serv. 36
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 26154
  • 2003 WL 22999284

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  • discussing similar comments in closing arguments and determining that all were proper based on the witnesses and evidence presented at trial
  • noting prosecutor never “asked the jury to draw the inference that because Bowman had admitted problems abiding by the law, he must be guilty”
  • noting prosecutor never “asked the jury to draw the inference that because Bowman had admitted problems abiding by the law, he must be guilty”
  • discussing similar com- ments in closing arguments and determining that all were proper based on the witnesses and evidence pre- sented at trial
  • finding the prosecutor’s emphasis on the defendant’s past criminal behavior and the police offi cer’s version of the events to be supported by facts in the record and thus used for permissive purposes
  • finding the prosecutor’s emphasis on the defendant’s past criminal behavior and the police officer’s version of the events to be supported by facts in the record and thus used for permissive pur- poses

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Judges: Posner, Kanne, Evans

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