Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald H. Glantz and Anthony J. Bucci
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 2, 1987No. 86-1735PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to make a particularly difficult determination: whether the district court erred in deciding that defendants Ronald Glantz and Anthony J. Bucci were entitled to a new trial because of improprieties in the government’s closing and rebuttal arguments. After a close and careful scrutiny of the record, we conclude that the district court, although understandably concerned about “[t]he fundamental rights at issue,” nevertheless erred when it granted the new trial. We therefore reverse.
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The indictment in this case charged defendants with extorting $77,350…
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