UNITED STATES v. MANDELBAUM

No. 86-1079

803 F.2d 42 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bridget M. MANDELBAUM, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1986.

As Amended October 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen S. Walker, Federal Public Defender, Boston, Mass., for defendant, appellant.

Kevin F. Driscoll, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief for appellee.

Before BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and CARTER, District Judge.


GENE CARTER, District Judge.

The appellant, Bridget M. Mandelbaum, was convicted by a jury of theft of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. Appellant was acquitted on four counts of willfully making false statements on applications for housing benefits in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Appellant argues that prosecutor's statement to the jury using the words "Do your duty and return a verdict of guilty" constituted reversible error. We conclude...

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