Opinion ID: 2977284
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Heading: Little’s Communication with Agent McIsaac

Text: Willie also argues that the district court improperly denied his mistrial motion because Little and Agent McIsaac communicated during a trial break. When Willie objected to that issue during trial, however, the court specifically made findings as to the prejudicial effect of the discussion. When probed by the court, Little stated that he told McIsaac that Desi Jr. had wanted to trade marijuana for cars, and that he received Desi Jr.’s phone number from Mike. The court gleaned that McIsaac only acknowledged Little’s statements without suggesting either content or method for testifying, and then overruled the motion. Raising the same issue on appeal, Willie fails to enunciate any reason why this communication prejudiced him, so we conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying his motion for mistrial.