Is there any case law where a defendant's testimony was improperly interpreted by a jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Dawkins, 999 F.3d 767 (2nd Cir. 2021):
96 See United States v. Clark , 45 F.3d 1247, 1251 (8th Cir. 1995) ("[T]he court instructed the jury that [the defendant's] trial testimony should be judged in the same fashion as that of other witnesses, so there was at most harmless error.").
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