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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.