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U.S. v. Mitchell, No. 96-10411 (9th Cir.) (172 F.3d 1104) (March 26, 1999) (Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld)

Here the Ninth Circuit reversed a conviction because the district court had erroneously permitted the Government to introduce extensive evidence of the defendant's poverty in order to establish a motive to commit a robbery.

This yarn of a case deals with a novel - albeit obnoxious - Government attempt to ...

 

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