CROXTON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (56 total)

• United States v. Dennis, 786 F.2d 1029 (11th Cir. 1986)
  …at closing argument (to which no objection was made at trial), impermissibly bolstered the [*1046] credibility of the witnesses whose plea agreements were introduced.17 In United States v. Sims, 719 F. 2d 375, 377-78 (11th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1034, 104 S.Ct. 1304, 79 L.Ed.2d 703 (1984), we considered and rejected a similar claim. We held that the government had not improperly vouched for the veracity of a testifying co-conspirator by introducing the terms of the witness’ plea agreement and re…
• United States v. Gwaltney, 790 F.2d 1378 (9th Cir. 1986)
  …seminal characteristics exhibited by Gwaltney was so potentially confusing or misleading as to require exclusion. Statistical evidence is not inadmissible per se. See, e.g., United States v. Kennedy, 714 F. 2d 968, 971 (9th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1034, 104 S.Ct. 1305, 79 L.Ed.2d 704 (1984); Scott v. Perini, 662 F. 2d 428, 430 (6th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 909,102 S.Ct. 1758, 72 L.Ed.2d 167 (1982). Any potential prejudice was not so pronounced as to render admission of the testimony an ab…
• United States v. Eyster, 948 F.2d 1196 (11th Cir. 1991)
  …See, e.g., United States v. Shaw, 829 F. 2d 714, 716-18 (9th Cir.1987) (applying plenary review), cert. denied, 485 U.S. 1022, 108 S.Ct. 1577, 99 L.Ed.2d 892 (1988); United States v. Sims, 719 F. 2d 375, 377-78 (11th Cir.1983) (same), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1034, 104 S.Ct. 1304, 79 L.Ed.2d 703 (1984). To find prosecutorial misconduct, a two-pronged test must be met: (1) the remarks must be improper, and (2) the remarks must prejudicially affect the substantial rights of the defendant. United States v. Wal…