United States First Circuit

The district court's refusal to allow defendant to cross-examine a witness completely excluded a potentially viable line of defense in violation of the Sixth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2005
• Published 05/19/2005

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linda Backiel for appellant Vega Molina., Elaine Mittleman for appellant Villega-Angulo., José C. Romo Matienzo for appellant Rodríguez-Matos., Joseph S. Berman, with whom Berman & Dowell was on brief, for appellant Zuñiga-Bruno., Germán A. Rieckehoff, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney (Senior Appellate Attorney), were on brief, for the United States.