United States v. William F. Helbling

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• holding that any vouching by prosecutor was harmless error because the judge informed the jury not to consider the relevant comments, there was a great deal of evidence to support the conviction and defendant was not prejudiced
• explaining that the defendant counts as one of the five participants, thereby demonstrating that an organizer-or-leader relationship with five participants is not required
• finding prosecutor’s vouching to be inappropriate but not prejudicial where evidence of defendant’s guilt was overwhelming and the district judge gave effective curative instructions
• addressing the waiver of the applicable statute of limitations and relying on the findings made by the district court
• finding prosecutor’s vouching to be inappropriate but not prejudicial where evidence of defendant’s guilt was overwhelming and the district judge gave effective curative 8 (...continued
• relying on the commentary and other cases that rely on the commentary

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