Legal Opinion
United States v. Howard Brown and Alexander Bishop
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 24, 1983No. 81, 86, Dockets 81-1136, 81-1138PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Howard Brown and Alexander Bishop appeal from a judgment of the Eastern District of New York convicting them, after a jury trial before Judge Edward R. Neaher, of bank robbery and armed bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (d). We reverse for the reason that the admission into evidence for impeachment purposes of a post-indictment statement taken from Brown violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the government’s use of the statement denied his co-defendant Bishop a fair trial.
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