United States v. El Herman

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Rahmaan El Herman was charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine. At trial, a witness for the prosecution made a prejudicial statement about El Herman, but El Herman declined to move for a mistrial. After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, the district court 1 denied El Herman’s motions for a jud.gment of acquittal and for a new trial, and sentenced him to 180 months’ impris onment. El Herman appeals the denial of both motions, and we affirm.

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In 2004, El Herman was charged with conspiring to manufacture and distribute fifty grams or more of…