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U.S. v. Conrad, No. 02-1292 (8th Cir.) (320 F.3d 851) (February 28, 2002) (Judge Michael J. Melloy)

Loaded on Feb. 1, 2003 published in Punch and Jurists February 10, 2003
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Summation.

Here the Court vacated a gun conviction because of the cumulative prejudicial effect of comments by the prosecutor about the purpose of the gun control laws, which it said have “absolutely no relevance to the issue at trial”.

The defendant in this case accomplished a rare feat: he actually convinced ...

 

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