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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.

Here the Court reversed a criminal conviction on the ground that the prosecutor had used his closing argument to improperly bolster the credibility of government witnesses, emphasizing that such conduct is "impermissible per se".

In a rare ruling, a panel from the Fifth Circuit reversed a criminal conviction on the ...

 

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