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U.S. v. Gracia, No. 07-40245 (5th Cir.) (522 F.3d 597) (March 31, 2008) (Judge Jacques L. Jr. Wiener)

Loaded on March 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists March 03, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Witness Bolstering.

In a rare ruling, a panel from the Fifth Circuit reversed a criminal conviction on the ground that the prosecutor had used his closing argument to improperly bolster the credibility of government witnesses. The Court concluded that the prosecutorial misconduct was plain error and that it seriously affected the “fairness, ...

 

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