United States v. Casanova

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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant’s convictions for tampering with a witness by attempting to kill him and making false statements to a federal agent, holding that the trial court did not commit plain error. The Court held (1) the district court did not violate Defendant’s constitutional right to a fair and impartial jury trial when it failed individually to question all prospective jurors about potential racial bias; (2) the government’s fingerprint expert did not make a prejudicial false statement; and (3) the district court did not commit plain error in admitting testimony as to Defendant’s physically abusive treatment of the prostitutes who worked for him. View "United States v. Casanova" on Justia Law