United States Ninth Circuit

In a prosecution for crimes stemming from a conspiracy to traffic in stolen motor vehicles and then witness tampering, the judgment and sentence imposed on all counts are affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting witness testimony about seeing the defendant with a gun before the shooting; 2) the prosecutor did not improperly vouch for a coconspirator's credibility when it elicited testimony on the truthfulness provisions of his plea agreement; 3) an improper comment by a detective that the defendant "did it" was not prejudicial; and 4) the district court permissibly sentenced the defendant to an 18-year term of imprisonment, as the sentencing range for a conviction under 18 USC section 924(c)(1)(A) is 10 years to life imprisonment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2012
• Published 04/30/2012

Judges

• Gould

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Jill A. Otake