Legal Opinion
United States v. Casanova
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 26, 2018No. 16-2334PPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
*57 After an eight-day jury trial, Jaquan Casanova was convicted of tampering with a witness (Darian Thomson) by attempting to kill him (and almost succeeding), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (a)(1)(C), and of making false statements to a federal agent, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 .
On appeal, Casanova asks this court to reverse his conviction and raises three unpreserved claims of error, described below. We affirm. We reiterate that criminal defendants do not ordinarily have a right to individual voir dire of every prospective juror as to potential racial bias,…
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