Legal Opinion
Robert E. Kennedy v. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, State of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 18, 2004No. 01-55246PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence by Judge FISHER; Dissent by Judge O’SCANNLAIN
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Robert Kennedy was tried twice on a charge of selling 0.-08 grams of a substance in lieu of a controlled narcotic drug — a substance that looked like an illegal drug but wasn’t — to an undercover police officer for $20. The first trial ended in a hung jury: four jurors favored finding Kennedy not guilty; eight jurors thought him guilty. Prior to his second trial, Kennedy twice asked the state court to provide him with a complete transcript of the earlier proceed*1043ing. It refused to do…
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