Legal Opinion
United States v. George Michael Gwaltney
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1986No. 84-5173PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
At about 5:00 p.m. on January 11, 1982, twenty-three-year-old Robin Bishop departed Los Angeles driving alone to her home in Las Vegas. At 9:23 p.m. on the same date, defendant George Michael Gwaltney, then an officer with the California Highway Patrol, reported by radio that he had discovered a woman’s body beside a frontage road just off Interstate 15 some 30 miles northeast of Barstow, California. Robin Bishop had been killed by a single bullet that entered the back of her head. Bruises on her wrists indicated that she had been handcuffed ten to twenty minutes before…
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