United States v. Casteel, No. 10-3400 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of carjacking and using or carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Defendant appealed his conviction. The court held that the district court addressed the risk of prejudice by providing careful and thorough jury instructions and did not abuse its discretion by declining to sever the trials; the evidence was sufficient to convict defendant of carjacking and a related weapons charge; and there was neither an abuse of discretion nor a miscarriage of justice that warranted acquittal or a new trial. Accordingly, the conviction was affirmed.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. District court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion to sever his case from his co-defendant father's prosecution, as the court addressed the risk of prejudice by providing careful and thorough jury instructions on compartmentalizing the evidence; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for carjacking and a related weapons charge; evidentiary challenges rejected.
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