Opinion ID: 77852
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Closing Argument: Attack on Foley

Text: Foley argues that the district court erred when it did not grant him a mistrial after the prosecutor compared Foley's conduct to that of other criminals, but Foley cannot show prejudice. During closing argument, the prosecutor responded to Foley's arguments about improper conduct of the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Foley's case and stated that the agents investigated Foley's case as they did any other case. The prosecutor finished this commentary with the remark, That's how they treat drug dealers, that's how they treat gun runners. The district court struck the comment sua sponte and reminded the jury that Foley was only on trial for the crimes charged in the indictment. We review the remark in the context of the entire trial in light of any curative instruction. United States v. Abraham, 386 F.3d 1033, 1036 (11th Cir.2004). The jury was immediately instructed to disregard the remark, and Foley has not explained how the remark affected the outcome of his trial.