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181001P.pdf   12/28/2018  United States  v.  Eliseo Gomez-Diaz
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-1001
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Shepherd and Stras, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. In this prosecution, the district court did not err in denying defendant's request for an instruction on the lesser-included offense of possession of child pornography as possession includes an element - possession - not included in production; the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's request for a mistrial after the prosecutor told the jury in closing argument that the jury was the "voice" for the victim; while the comments were improper, the court could not say that the limited improper comments were so prejudicial that they deprived defendant of a fair trial; in the absence of any findings concerning obstruction of justice, the district court erred in imposing an obstruction-of-justice enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3C1.1; remanded to the district court for resentencing. Judge Shepherd, concurring in part and dissenting in part.