Opinion ID: 590727
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Heading: Inflammatory Remarks During Closing Argument

Text: 11 The prosecutor's statements during closing argument did not prejudice Condie, and therefore do not require reversal. United States v. Lester, 749 F.2d 1288, 1301 (9th Cir.1984). Not only were these remarks relatively innocuous when taken in the context of the entire trial, see id. (statement that we are all victims, and appeal to jury that an acquittal would send a message that crime was okay were not impermissible), any prejudice which may have resulted was neutralized by the district court's curative instruction, cf. United States v. Alvarado, 838 F.2d 311, 317 (9th Cir.) (harm flowing from improper factual misstatements made during closing argument may be neutralized by a cautionary instruction), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1222 (1988). 12