Opinion ID: 6378
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Williams's Individual Contentions

Text: Williams argues that the government committed prosecutorial misconduct to a degree sufficient to warrant reversal of his conviction. To rise to this level, prosecutorial misconduct must be so pronounced and persistent that it casts serious doubts upon the correctness of the jury's verdict. United States v. BentleySmith, 2 F.3d 1368, 1378 (5th Cir. 1993). The misconduct that Williams alleges takes two forms. Williams first contends that the prosecutor elicited improper character evidence against him and improperly impeached Shazelle Williams, the defendant's wife. Williams also objects to allegedly improper remarks that the prosecutor made in his closing argument. Only some of these objections were made during the trial. After a studied review the record, we hold these instances of alleged misconduct do not require reversal of Williams's conviction.