Legal Opinion
United States v. Rodriguez-Adorno
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 17, 2012No. 11-1050PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Augustin Rodríguez-Adorno appeals his conviction in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico of conspiracy to commit a carjacking and aiding and abetting an attempted carjacking resulting in a death. He raises three challenges to his conviction: (1) the government presented inappropriate and prejudicial overview testimony from a Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) agent at the outset of its case, (2) the government engaged in improper vouching in its closing argument, and (3) the court erred in denying his Federal Rule of Criminal…
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