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U.S. v. Wilson, No. 97-2122 (11th Cir.) (149 F.3d 1298) (August 13, 1998) (Judge James Larry Edmondson)

Loaded on Sept. 1, 1998 published in Punch and Jurists September 14, 1998
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Improper Comments.

This case addresses an all-too familiar problem: what can, or should, the courts do to deal with prosecutorial misconduct in the form of persistent improper comments in cases where there is overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt. Here, the Court acknowledged that there were repeated instances of improper prosecutorial comments, ...

 

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