Legal Opinion
United States v. Steven Ralph Tavares
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1975No. 74-2538PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The appellant, Steven Ralph Tavares, was indicted for Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property (18 U.S.C. § 2314) on March 11, 1974. He was found guilty by jury trial on May 31, 1974, and was sentenced to five years in custody on June 24, 1974. Tavares appealed his conviction on the ground that the trial court improperly instructed the jury that the prior inconsistent statements of a witness, the co-defendant Darlene Holding, could be considered as substantive evidence of the defendant’s guilt. 1
BACKGROUND
On the evening of December 7, 1973, Lawrence Miller, a resident of Port…
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