U.S. v. CROSS

No. 11-3096.

766 F.3d 1 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Elohim Bey CROSS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam H. Kurland , appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Katherine M. Kelly , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , John P. Mannarino , and John K. Han , Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GARLAND.


GARLAND, Chief Judge:

Elohim Cross appeals his conviction for conspiring to distribute heroin. He contends that the trial court erred in not giving a multiple conspiracies jury instruction, and that the prosecutor erred in making improper statements regarding multiple conspiracies in his rebuttal argument. We conclude that, even if there were error, any such error was harmless. We therefore affirm Cross' conviction.

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