The Ninth Circuit reversed the defendant’s conviction for illegal reentry, holding that by asking the defendant to comment on the credibility of a border patrol agent—a key witness against him—then referring to evidence not before the jury to bolster the agent’s testimony, the government deprived the defendant of the fair trial guaranteed by the Due Process Clause.
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