Wisconsin Mut. Ins. v. Western Mut. Fire Ins.

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• holding that the police officer’s allusion to the defendant’s prior arrest did not require a new trial because it was isolated and the lower court gave an immediate curative instruction
• holding that an escape from prison is a crime of violence under § 4B1.2(a)(2)
• holding that force is not an element of prison escape under Tennessee law
• finding that a defendant’s escape from a workhouse falls within the scope of § 4B1.2
• noting that “the officer’s stray remark constituted only a minuscule part of the evidence against [the defendant]”
• holding police officer’s allusion to defendant’s prior arrest did not require a new trial because the allusion was isolated and district court gave an immediate curative instruction

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