U.S. v. CARPENTER

No. 11-2131.

736 F.3d 619 (2013)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Daniel E. CARPENTER, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Begg Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Carmen Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.

Martin G. Weinberg , with whom Robert M. Goldstein was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, STAHL and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

The question in this case is whether comments in the government's closing argument at a second criminal trial were improper and whether they accordingly warranted a new trial, as the district court held. See United States v. Carpenter, 808 F.Supp.2d 366, 380-85 (D.Mass.2011).

Defendant Daniel Carpenter has now been tried twice on charges of wire...

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