Legal Opinion

United States v. Eugene Bradford, United States of America v. John Edward Jackson

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 5, 1976No. 74-2735, 74-2148PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before BROWNING and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, * District Judge. PER CURIAM.

These appeals by the defendants from bank robbery convictions raise the question of the effect of one defense attorney’s candid admission in his argument that the identification of defendants as the robbers was overwhelming.

One defendant claims that such action was by incompetent counsel for him and the other that such a concession was so improper and prejudicial as to deny him a fair trial.

A Bank of America branch in Oxnard, California was robbed by two armed and masked men (one Negro and the other…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. Martin SternCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  2. United States v. Ricardo Chavez OrtizCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
  3. Bennie Ray Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Troy Cooper v. C. J. FitzharrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Brent Paul SwansonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  3. United States v. Raymond EaglinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  4. Chavez v. PulleyDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1985
  5. McClain v. HillDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1999

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