Legal Opinion
United States v. Dwight Armstrong
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1980No. 79-1109PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
Dwight Armstrong appeals his convictions for three armed bank robberies. We agree with appellant that the trial court erred in excluding evidence which indicated that another man may have committed one of the robberies, and we reverse his conviction on that count. The convictions on the remaining counts are affirmed.
The first robbery charged against Armstrong was of the World Savings & Loan Association in Sacramento on July 11,1978. Armstrong was also charged with two robberies that occurred only thirty minutes apart on August 14,1978. At 2:15 p. m. on that day a man…
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