UNITED STATES v. GWALTNEY

No. 84-5173.

790 F.2d 1378 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Michael GWALTNEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Kendall, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

John J. Cleary, Cleary & Sevilla, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before WALLACE, FARRIS, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

At about 5:00 p.m. on January 11, 1982, twenty-three-year-old Robin Bishop departed Los Angeles driving alone to her home in Las Vegas. At 9:23 p.m. on the same date, defendant George Michael Gwaltney, then an officer with the California Highway Patrol, reported by radio that he had discovered a woman's body beside a frontage road just off Interstate 15 some 30 miles northeast of Barstow, California. Robin Bishop had been killed by a single...

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