United States Ninth Circuit

Held that a woman convicted of buying a firearm using false identification should not have been precluded from presenting an expert witness on Battered Woman Syndrome. She contended that a former boyfriend threatened to harm her and her family unless she bought the gun for him. The Ninth Circuit vacated her conviction and remanded for a new trial.

Appellate Information

• Published 2019/01/10

Judges

• Bybee

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel