Legal Opinion
United States v. Ochoa-Zarate
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 2008No. 06-3815PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
In the fall of 2004, Benjamin OchoaZarate left California on an ill-fated cross-country drive with $1 million worth of methamphetamine concealed in a spare tire. A jury believed he knew the drugs were there and convicted him of conspiring to distribute the drugs. Ochoa-Zarate maintains that two events during his trial warrant a new trial. First, during his rebuttal closing argument, the prosecutor argued that as of the last day of trial, unlike his co-defendant who had pled guilty, Ochoa-Zarate had failed to take responsibility for his actions. We agree that a jury may…
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