UNITED STATES v. CARREON

No. 76-3715.

572 F.2d 683 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph CARREON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel G. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Dominick W. Rubalcava, Mark E. Beck, Asst. U.S. Attys. (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Our reading of the entire transcript of the trial in this case convinces us that Carreon did not get a fair trial.

First, the principal witness against Carreon was one Yerich, a former employee of Garrett Freight Lines. Certain television sets disappeared from Garrett's custody, and Yerich testified that he and Carreon and another were accomplices in stealing them, Yerich placing the televisions in Carreon's truck, which was at the Garrett dock...

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