United States v. Oscar Sosa
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge: *
Oscar Sosa was convicted of bringing methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. Sosa argues that three errors he did not object to during his five-day trial rendered the proceeding unfair. Two of his claims-the prosecution's use of drug profiling evidence and bolstering of witnesses' credibility-are errors that we have repeatedly warned the government about. Troubled as we are by the continued use of these improper tactics, we do not find that Sosa has met his burden of showing that the errors substantially affected the outcome of the trial. United States…
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