United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base is affirmed over claims that: 1) prosecutorial statements during closing argument were so prejudicial that they denied him a fair trial; and 2) allowing the jury to view a videotape of a drug transaction in which defendant allegedly participated was error because it was played to the jury without the accompanying audio portion, albeit a written transcript of the underlying audio recording scrolled along the screen with the video.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2007
• Published 03/22/2007

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Reynaldo Padillo Morin (argued), Lufkin, TX, for U.S., Eric Miller Albritton (argued), Albritton Law Firm, Longview, TX, for Thompson.