Legal Opinion
United States v. Blanca Estrada-Lucas
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1980No. 78-2618PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
TANG, Circuit Judge.
Blanca Acevedo 1 was charged with violation of 18 U.S.C. § 545, importing merchandise without declaring it. Her first trial ended in a hung jury. Upon retrial to a second jury, she was convicted. On appeal, Acevedo argues that the trial court erred in excluding as evidence at the second trial the fact that she passed a certain polygraph test. The court had admitted the evidence at the first trial. We agree, and reverse. In the event of retrial, we also reach Acevedo’s second claim of error, i, e., that her statements to customs agents should have been…
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