Wilmer Paradise v. Cci Warden

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• while a prosecutor is required to correct misrepresentations, a new trial is not necessary unless there is “a reasonable likelihood” the misrepresentation “affected the judgment of the jury”
• “this court has consistently adhered to the principle that the ‘presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness does not exist in a pretrial setting ’ ” (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting United States v. White, 972 F.2d 16, 19 (2d Cir. 1992))
• admission of potentially objectionable testimony harmless where other evidence proved issue
• “[I]t is permissible for a prosecutor to threaten a defendant with additional charges should he refuse to plead, so long as the defendant is “’free to accept or reject the prosecution's offer.’ Bordenkircher v. Hayes, 434 U.S. 357, 363, 98 S.Ct. 663, 668, 54 L.Ed.2d 604 (1978

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