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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (209220)	5/5/2018 12:25:37 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 224728

One and the same guy. He was quite a character. Tide had some familiarity with him, hence my reference to Basil in my post. I was the governments trial attorney in this case: openjurist.org Vespe also argues that the government's conduct at trial and various evidentiary rulings by the district court require a new trial. Finding no merit to these contentions, we will affirm the district court's denial of his new trial motion. Vespe first points to two acts of alleged government misconduct during the trial. He contends that the government's reference in its opening statement to his conviction for bribing an IRS official was improper and violated the court's in limine order barring the use of the conviction except for impeachment. He also complains of the government's statement in its closing argument that he was "sitting and smirking" during the trial. App. at a525. His failure to object to either statement at the time it occurred is fatal to his claim of error. Giffin v. Ensign, 234 F.2d 307, 316 (3d Cir.1956). 12 Truth be told he was smirking, something Judge Lechner noted in his opinion denying the motion for a new trial.