context: But the reference was inadvertent in the sense that the pros ecutor was carried away momentarily m a context in which the fact of a prior conviction was common ground among the parties and to which Scala opened the door by calling Barket and seeking to establish that Barket told him not to file tax returns. In any case, the Court finds that the repeated curative instructions were more than adequate to avoid any prejudice.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: jury presumed to follow instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence absent "overwhelming probability" of inability to do so
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Greer v. Miller, 483 U.S. 756, 766 n. 8, 107 S.Ct. 3102, 97 L.Ed.2d 618 (1987) (jury presumed to follow instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence absent “overwhelming probability” of inability to do so) (citing Richardson v. Marsh, 481 U.S. 200, 208, 107 S.Ct. 1702, 95 L.Ed.2d 176 (1987)); accord United States v. Castano, 999 F.2d 615, 618 (2d Cir.1993); see also United States v. Minicone, 960 F.2d 1099, 1109 (2d Cir.1992) (no reversal of conviction based on witnesses’ allusions to criminal conduct not charged in the indictment where district court struck the testimony and instructed the jury to disregard it).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 960 F.2d 1099, 1109
citation_b.parenthetical: no reversal of conviction based on witnesses' allusions to criminal conduct not charged in the indictment where district court struck the testimony and instructed the jury to disregard it
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Greer v. Miller, 483 U.S. 756, 766 n. 8, 107 S.Ct. 3102, 97 L.Ed.2d 618 (1987) (jury presumed to follow instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence absent “overwhelming probability” of inability to do so) (citing Richardson v. Marsh, 481 U.S. 200, 208, 107 S.Ct. 1702, 95 L.Ed.2d 176 (1987)); accord United States v. Castano, 999 F.2d 615, 618 (2d Cir.1993); see also United States v. Minicone, 960 F.2d 1099, 1109 (2d Cir.1992) (no reversal of conviction based on witnesses’ allusions to criminal conduct not charged in the indictment where district court struck the testimony and instructed the jury to disregard it).