Court Opinion

ID: 9454432
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:46:25.517831+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:06.950590
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FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I agree with Judge KALODNER that our belief in defendant’s guilt does not deprive him of the right to a fair trial. Nor is this right lessened because defendant has now been released from prison as a result of the reduction of his sentence by the district court. If he was unfairly convicted he is entitled to a new trial and the Government must establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in a fair proceeding.
I believe the testimony of the FBI agent that defendant refused to make a statement and the opening speech of the prosecutor to the jury, both of which are fully discussed in Judge KALODNER’s dissenting panel opinion, constitute reversible error.
I therefore dissent.