Legal Opinion
United States v. Alex Alexander
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2014No. 12-3498PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Alex Alexander guilty of possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute, possessing a gun though he is a felon, and possessing a gun in furtherance of a drug crime. Alexander argues on appeal — for the first time — that the prosecutor impermissibly vouched for the credibility of the key government witness during his closing argument. With the benefit of appellate hindsight, we conclude that the prosecutor’s closing argument at two points strayed across an admittedly fine line into improper vouching, but the errors were not serious and did not deprive…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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