Amend v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• holding that prosecutor’s statement “I want to suggest to you that in this trial testimony she was telling the truth” did not constitute reversible error given the substantial evidence against the defendant and the trial court’s corrective measures to eliminate prejudice
• observing that under § 853, “the government need not have offered evidence that the forfeitable assets were still in existence at the time of [defendant’s] conviction”
• noting that court must determine whether misconduct on behalf of prosecutor was harmless before granting a new trial
• holding claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress, false light, and intrusion into seclusion were not independent of the alleged underlying misrepresentation
• "The double jeopardy test does not focus on the acts charged in the indictment or the evidence at trial, but rather on the elements of the crimes."