Legal Opinion

United States v. Paul

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided May 13, 1999No. 97-9302PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HATCHETT, Chief Judge:

Appellant Sunonda Paul appeals the district court’s (1) finding that a government witness was qualified to testify as a handwriting expert, (2) refusal to admit his handwriting expert’s rebuttal testimony and (3) failure to declare a mistrial due to the prosecutor’s improper remarks. We affirm.

I. FACTS

In May 1996, an unidentified person who stated that he was a bank investigator telephoned Ed Spearman, branch manager of Wachovia National Bank (Wachovia) at Atlanta, Georgia, and warned him that someone intended to leave a note at the bank in an attempt to extort money…

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