United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction for bank robbery is reversed and remanded for a new trial pursuant to a Brady claim as certain suppressed evidence, which indicated that, while defendant was in custody, other nearby banks had been robbed by a Hispanic female with a physical resemblance to defendant, was material to defendant's guilt and she was prejudiced by the suppression.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/22/2007
• Decided 07/09/2007
• Published 07/09/2007

Judges

• Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge, B. FLETCHER, HARRY PREGERSON, ALEX KOZINSKI, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, M. MARGARET MCKEOWN, RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, MARSHA S. BERZON, JAY S. BYBEE, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, CARLOS T. BEA, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas M. Hoidal, Hoidal & Hannah, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendant-appellant., Michael T. Morrissey, Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellee.