Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Closing Arguments
In prosecution on charge of felon in possession of firearm, prosecutor did not commit plain error when asking jury during closing arguments to "look for the truth" in response to defense counsel's statement that "trials are about the truth." Ct. rejected defendant's argument that prosecutor's comment amounted to de facto impermissible instruction on reasonable doubt standard. Moreover, prosecutor could properly refer to trials as searches for truth.