United States Ninth Circuit

Affirming a conviction by jury trial for bank robbery resulting in death because the sentence enhancement is not limited to situations where a bank robber knowingly kills a person and agreeing with other circuits that the only mens rea required is the mens rea necessary to commit the underlying bank robbery in a case where a customer attempted to disarm one of the robbers and was accidentally shot.

Appellate Information

• Published 2018/05/15

Judges

• SMITH

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel