U.S. v. CHRISTOPHE

No. 86-5202.

833 F.2d 1296 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory CHRISTOPHE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Newhouse, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

J.L. Lichtman, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before WALLACE, HALL and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

Gregory Christophe appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of unarmed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). He claims the trial court erred in refusing to admit the testimony of an expert on eyewitness identification, admitting the testimony of an FBI agent as an expert on fingerprints, and refusing to declare a mistrial when he claimed prosecutorial misconduct.

We conclude that expert testimony on...

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