United States v. Manning

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant-appellant Trent Manning challenges, on several grounds, his convictions for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Manning’s principal appellate claim is that improper comments made by the prosecutor during closing arguments undermined the fairness of his trial. After carefully reviewing the record, we conclude that the prosecutor’s comments did so infect the proceedings below that Manning is entitled to a new trial.…