United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's convictions for robbing a bank and committing the related crimes of brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm are affirmed where: 1) a denial of the mistrial was harmless error because defendant's 1984 and 1992 bank robberies were admitted into evidence at trial; and 2) even if the district court's error induced defendant to testify, the error was harmless because defendant would undoubtedly have been convicted had he not testified.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2010
• Published 11/16/2010

Judges

• Harris Hartz

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Madeline S. Cohen, Terra D. Morehead