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113106P.pdf 07/17/2012 United States v. Clifton Patterson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-3106
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Bye,
Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - criminal law. Any prejudice caused by the prosecutor's
isolated comment regarding burden of proof was cured by district court's
immediate instruction, as well as the final instructions in the case;
prosecutor's comments did not rise to the level of a reversible attack on
defense counsel's integrity.