United States v. Ramon Cardova Esquer

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Ramon C. Esquer, was convicted by a jury for the murder of Joseph Terry Madden in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111. 1 Esquer appeals to this court alleging that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction and that, even if sufficient, the conviction cannot be allowed to stand due to certain erroneous rulings by the district judge and prejudicial comments by the prosecuting attorneys.

While most of the evidence is in conflict, it is undisputed that Madden’s death was a result of three stabwounds inflicted by the appellant. The government charged and…