an en banc panel of the ninth circuit court heard oral arguments on bonds's motion to reconsider the panel ruling on september 18, 2014. on april 22, 2015, the en banc panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals overturned bonds' conviction by a 10-1 vote. a short per curiam opinion characterized bonds' statement as "a rambling, non-responsive answer to a simple question" and found that there was "insufficient evidence" that the statement was material to the investigation, requiring reversal of the conviction. the court also held that the reversal implicated bonds' double jeopardy rights, meaning that he cannot be retried on the charge. several groups of judges added separate opinions stating additional rationales for the reversal.