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U.S. v. MELENDEZ

No. 1440, Docket 94-1211.

57 F.3d 238 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. José Manuel MELENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Scolari, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Margaret M. Giordano, Asst. U.S. Atty., Zachary W. Carter, U.S. Atty., Julie Katzman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, NY, for appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, CARDAMONE and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

The primary question on this appeal is whether an improper remark in a prosecutor's summation requires reversal of a criminal conviction. The question arises on an appeal by José Manuel Melendez from the April 19, 1994, judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (I. Leo Glasser, Judge), convicting Melendez of narcotics offenses. During the summation, the prosecutor told the jurors that they should believe the...

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