Legal Opinion
United States v. Jay Kerr
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1992No. 91-30345PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
We have said it before and we shall have to say it again: a prosecuting attorney may not and should not vouch for witnesses. Jay Kerr appeals his conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. We find that prosecutorial misconduct throughout his trial affected the jury’s verdict and we reverse.
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An informant alerted the FBI about an ongoing scheme to smuggle drugs from Southern California into Billings, Montana. The investigation turned up a multi-layered conspiracy with many participants. Kerr, an actor who has appeared in Disney movies and a soap opera, was…
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