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U.S. v. ROJAS

No. 13-1352.

758 F.3d 61 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rolando A. ROJAS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Jay Black , for appellant.

Donald C. Lockhart , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Peter F. Neronha , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

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

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.

Rolando Rojas appeals from his conviction for distributing cocaine, pointing to two instances of prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments: improper vouching and the playing of an audio recording never entered into evidence. Because the district judge ably responded to both of the prosecutor's errors, and neither of the errors affected Rojas's conviction, we affirm.

I. Background

Rolando Rojas was indicted for distributing...

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