Legal Opinion
United States v. Christopher Preston
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 17, 2017No. 15-10521PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Concurrence by Judge Kozinski
OPINION
BERG, District Judge:
In 2015, Christopher Preston was convicted on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. He appeals, arguing that evidentiary errors and prosecutorial misconduct rendered his trial fundamentally unfair. We agree. There were a number of trial errors and, considering that evidence of guilt was not overwhelming, their cumulative effect prejudiced Preston. Accordingly, we REVERSE.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Statement of Facts
In 1998, Christopher Preston lived with his then-wife Andrea Preston on the Toho-no O’odham reservation in Tucson,…
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