Legal Opinion
United States v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1999No. Nos. 96-10411, 97-10427PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
We reverse because inadmissible evidence regarding the defendant’s poverty was admitted and relied upon heavily to secure a conviction.
FACTS
A bank was robbed at gunpoint, and Mitchell was convicted of the robbery. The only issue at trial was whether Mitchell was the man who did it, or was mistakenly identified. There were weaknesses in the prosecution evidence. Mitchell was easily located from the license plate number and his father, who readily told the police how to find him when asked, yet the police did not contact Mitchell for three months after the robbery. The…
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