Legal Opinion
United States v. Neal T. Roberts and James Albert Robison
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1980No. 78-2738, 78-2806PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Roberts and Robison argue that the prosecutor (1) improperly bolstered the credibility of its chief witness with his plea agreement to testify truthfully and (2) implied in closing argument that a state policeman corroborated that witness’s testimony.
We reverse for improper closing argument.
FACTS
Early one morning in January 1976, an unexploded bomb was discovered in a building used by the federal government.
Roberts and Robison were charged with the attempted bombing. The government contended that Roberts had recruited Robison and John Adamson to blow up the…
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