United States v. Walter Trice McKinley

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Walter Trice McKinley was indicted for violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) by possessing a Schedule I controlled substance (heroin) with intent to distribute it. His defense was entrapment. On this appeal from his conviction, McKinley makes two arguments for reversal: (1) the limits placed upon his cross-examination of the government’s primary witness deprived him of an effective cross-examination and (2) the lower court abused its discretion in not granting a mistrial after an improper statement by the same witness incurably prejudiced him. We affirm.

McKinley admitted that…