United States First Circuit

Conviction of charges relating to the illegal importation of narwhal tusks is affirmed over defendant's meritless contentions that: 1) the district court erred by allowing, then failing to cure, a series of comments and questions by the prosecutor, which defendant claims violated the Fifth Amendment by drawing the jury's attention to his decision not to testify; and 2) the district court's admission of records of vehicular border crossings between the U.S. and Canada, which the government offered to establish that the tusks in question had originated in Canada.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/02/10

Judges

• STAHL

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel