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131887P.pdf 03/27/2014 United States v. Cesar Sevilla-Acosta
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-1887
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Smith and Beam, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal case. Defendant voluntarily stipulated that he
lived at a residence used for marijuana distribution, and he waived his
right to argue on appeal that the stipulation violated his Fifth and Sixth
Amendment rights; while the district court's ruling on the admissibility
of a co-conspirator's statement in the presence of the jury was error, the
court took prompt curative action, including explaining its error and
giving a curative instruction, and it did not abuse its discretion by
denying defendant's motion for a mistrial; government did not improperly
vouch for its witnesses during its closing argument.