Legal Opinion
United States v. George Mostella
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 15, 1986No. 85-1120PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant George Mostella was convicted of unarmed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). He argues that there was insufficient evidence of his sanity to convict him, and that he was denied a fair trial because of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct. We affirm his conviction.
Mostella’s sole defense was insanity. His insanity defense rested on evidence that at the time of the robbery he was suffering from schizophrenia, and as a consequence could not conform his conduct to the law. Testimony focusing solely on whether Mostella could appreciate the…
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