201343P.pdf   06/09/2021  United States  v.  Julia Hernandez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1343
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. The prosecution's comments in 
   the rebuttal portion of its closing arguments were a fair response to 
   defendant's arguments and did not shift the burden of proof; in any event, 
   the court's instructions on the burden of proof and the prosecution's own 
   reminder to the jury that the government bore the burden of proof of guilt 
   avoided any possible prejudice from the government's comment; other 
   comments by the government were not impermissible comments on opposing 
   counsel; the district court did not err in admitting texts between 
   defendant and a man she claimed was her husband as she failed to introduce 
   any evidence that they were married; additionally, she waived any marital 
   privilege when she consented to a search of her phone; the district court 
   did not err in denying defendant's request for a two-level decrease in 
   offense level under Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(b)(18) as she failed to show 
   that she had truthfully provided the government all information and 
   evidence she had concerning the offense.