The following excerpt is from United States v. Gomez, D.C. No. 3:10-cr-04587-W-1, No. 12-50018 (9th Cir. 2013):
Defendant argues that the prosecutor's statement that it was the jury's "duty" to convict Defendant amounted to prosecutorial misconduct under United States v. Sanchez, 176 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 1999). Because Defendant did not object, we review for plain error. Hayat, 710 F.3d at 893. In any event, we conclude that there was no error.
Defendant's argument rests solely on our decision in Sanchez. In that case, the prosecutor argued:
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