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033964P.pdf 02/04/2005 United States v. Linda Ray Gardner
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-3964
Eastern District of Arkansas
Criminal Case - Motion for New Trial. Government appeals grant of
motion for new trial based on prosecutor's statement during closing
argument. District court is reversed, as comments were not improper.
Statement of no evidence from defense or that evidence was unrefuted or
uncontradicted are not indirect comments on defendant's failure to testify
and grant of new trial was an abuse of discretion. [PUBLISHED] [Chief
Judge Loken, Author, with Beam and Gruender, Circuit Judges]