In a separate opinion on Friday, the justices ruled unanimously that Patrick Thompson, who told the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that he borrowed $110,000 from the bank, made a misleading claim but not a false statement under the criminal code.
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San Francisco public defender Eric Fleischaker is representing Thompson and said the attack was not racially motivated and that his client has suffered mental health issues his entire adult life.
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