United States Ninth Circuit

A jury instruction that allows for consideration of a defendant's "other crimes" in order to draw the additional inference of criminal propensity violates a defendant's due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/26/2001
• Published 12/26/2001

Judges

• Before: O'SCANNLAIN, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel