Court Opinion

ID: 9501866
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 19:49:26.124215+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:00:51.352629
License: Public Domain

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I concur with the panel’s holdings with regard to the exculpatory statements and voluntary confession. I respectfully disagree, however, that there is sufficient evidence to uphold Lopez’s convictions for false statements. The Interim Transmittal Form asked the cashier to record the amount of cash in the cashbox at the end of the cashier’s shift. Lopez did this. The numbers he reported on the Form accurately reflected the amount of money in the cashbox at the end of his shift. The fact that he had skimmed some of the cash and the number was therefore lower than it otherwise would have been does not affect the fact that he truthfully filled out the form.