Legal Opinion
United States v. Carpenter
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 18, 2007No. 06-1373, 06-1374, 06-1488PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In an appeal brought by the government, we must decide whether the district court erred when it granted Daniel Carpenter a new trial because the government’s use of inflammatory language during its closing and rebuttal arguments prejudiced the jury and denied Carpenter a fair trial. In a cross-appeal, Carpenter asserts that the district court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm the new trial ruling. We conclude that we lack jurisdiction to hear Carpenter’s cross-appeal.
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A. Factual Background
We briefly rehearse the relevant facts,…
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