United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is reversed where the prosecutor improperly vouched for an officer's credibility and there was no curative instruction and no mitigating effect of the government's comments other than restating the proper burden of proof before sending the jury to deliberate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/09/2010
• Published 09/09/2010

Judges

• Lavenski B. Smith

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

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