POSTED: Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 10:49 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Criminal Procedure New trials; prosecutorial misconduct Where the government knowingly presented false testimony, the district court properly granted the defendant a new trial. “The comments at issue were made during the rebuttal portion of the government’s closing argument, so there was no opportunity for the defense to counter the statement. And a curative instruction would [...]