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Ninth Circuit· 11/4/2010

United States v. Wright

Citations

  • 625 F.3d 583
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 23038
  • 2010 WL 4345670

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that there was no plain error when the prosecutor asked the defendant questions concerning a “rogue agent” during “a fairly argumentative cross-examination in order to poke holes in [the defendant’s] version of the facts”
  • holding that the amendments “effected a substantial change in section 2252A(a)(1)”
  • noting that it is not misconduct to refer to defense’s case, testimony, or argument as “absolutely ridiculous,” an “absurd notion,” “trash,” or a “silly story” (collecting cases)
  • vouching statements were harmless because they “were relatively isolated incidents over the course of a ten day trial”
  • vouching statements were harmless because they \were relatively isolated incidents over the course of a ten day trial\
  • reviewing “de novo” a “challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, including questions of statutory interpretation”

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Judges: Hug, Smith, Hogan

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