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United States v. David Luna Robert Todd Torres Richard Aereleo Pina

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 4, 1994No. 93-1082PublishedCited by 80 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Richard Pina and Robert Todd Torres were convicted of robbing the Western Financial Savings Bank in Fresno, California; Pina, Torres, and David Luna were convicted of robbing the Bank of America, also in Fresno. Evidence of two subsequent Oregon bank robberies for which Luna and Pina were alleged to have been responsible was admitted, under Fed.R.Evid. 404(b), to prove the identity of the Fresno bank robbers.

Luna and Pina contend that the district court erred in admitting the evidence of the two Oregon bank robberies. We agree, and reverse Luna’s and Pina’s…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Stinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. United States v. Leo BishopCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by80 opinions

  1. United States v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  2. United States v. RudeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  3. United States v. Thomas E. Iverson, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  4. United States v. Gerald R. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  5. United States v. Victor CoronaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994

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