United States v. Rodriguez-Adorno, No. 11-1050 (1st Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseAppellant appealed his conviction of conspiracy to commit a carjacking and aiding and abetting an attempted carjacking resulting in a death. The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, holding (1) the government presented inappropriate overview testimony from a FBI agent at the outset of its case, but the error was harmless; (2) the government engaged in improper vouching in its closing argument, but Appellant failed to show the requisite prejudice, and therefore the error was harmless; (3) the district court did not err in denying Appellant's Fed. R. Crim. P. 29 motion for a judgment of acquittal, as the government presented sufficient evidence to support Appellant's convictions; and (4) the court did not err in applying the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual 2B3.1(c) "murder cross reference" in determining the guidelines range for Appellant's sentence.
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