United States v. Alcantara

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Defendant-Appellant David Alcantara was convicted, after a jury trial, of conspir-ácy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to pass counterfeit currency. Alcantara now challenges these convictions, raising various evidentiary issues and one purported instance of prosecutorial miscon duct. Finding each of Alcantara’s claims meritless, we affirm.

I

To provide context, we describe the relevant facts supported by the evidence at trial. In December 2009, Alcantara and others set out to steal money from a Citizens Bank account belonging to a car-wash business. One of the…