381 F.2d 725 | 9th Cir. | 1967
Lead Opinion
Appellant was tried on a two count indictment charging him with knowingly facilitating the transportation and concealment of marijuana and with knowingly selling the same marijuana, which had been imported into the United States in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 176a. He was found guilty on both counts after a jury trial and now appeals from the judgment of conviction.
During the cross-examination of the defendant he was asked whether he had been arrested the previous March. Defendant objected. On the statement of the United States Attorney that the answer would relate to the defense of entrapment, the objection was overruled. It then appeared that defendant had been arrested for burglary and being drunk. The trial judge recognized the impropriety of the cross-examination, and in an effort to undo the damage ordered two questions and answers stricken and admonished the jury to disregard them. This order did not reach far enough because it left unstricken and before the jury the fact of the arrest for burglary and drunkenness.
. Enriquez v. United States, 9 Cir. 1963, 314 F.2d 703.
. United States v. Sherman, 2 Cir. 1952, 200 F.2d 880.
Concurrence Opinion
(specially concurring).
We concur in the reversal of this cause for the reasons stated in Judge SMITH’S opinion.
We find no other error.