Case Name: TORRES-VALENCIA v. UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1983-11-07
Citations: 464 U.S. 44
Docket Number: No. 82-6848
Parties: TORRES-VALENCIA v. UNITED STATES
Judges: with whom The Chief Justice and Justice O’Connor join,
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 464
Pages: 44–45

Head Matter:
TORRES-VALENCIA v. UNITED STATES
No. 82-6848.
Decided November 7, 1983

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In its brief opposing the petition for certiorari, the Government concedes that the District Court erroneously refused to give petitioner's character evidence instruction to the jury, but argues that the error was harmless. The Government's concession of error, as well as its harmless-error argument, should be presented to the Court of Appeals in the first instance. The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated, and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for consideration of the Government's concession of error.
It is so ordered.