Court Opinion

ID: 9478713
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:55:54.287284+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:46:34.693025
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*1108LARSON, Senior District Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the judgment of affirmance, although, like Judge Arnold, I am troubled by some of the errors alleged on appeal in this case. I believe the better practice is for trial judges to refrain from commenting on the evidence, particularily in criminal matters, because of the dangers inherent in such a practice. Nonetheless, I agree that under the plain error standard of review, the alleged errors did not, when considered in the context of all of the circumstances of this case, result in a miscarriage of justice. See United States v. Gantos, 817 F.2d 41, 43 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 175, 98 L.Ed.2d 128 (1987).