United States v. Turner, No. 10-60917 (5th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of robbery in interference with interstate commerce, carjacking, the use of a firearm in relation to each of those offenses, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Defendant asserted eleven claims of error, including claims related to the denial of his motion for a new trial; the denial of his motion to sever the charges against him; the failure to suppress his confession; a ruling in limine; prejudice in the jury venire of his second trial; his Batson v. Kentucky challenge; the denial of surrebuttal to the Government's rebuttal case in the second trial; the failure to grant his motion for a mistrial; jury instructions; and several other challenges. The court rejected all the challenges and affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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