United States Ninth Circuit

Murder defendant is not entitled to discover the prosecution's confidential predecisional death penalty evaluation form and prosecution memorandum.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/11/2000
• Decided 11/07/2000
• Published 11/07/2000

Judges

• TROTT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  NOONAN, TROTT, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald L. Cheng, (Argued and On the Briefs), Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dale Michael Rubin (Argued and On the Briefs), San Marino, California, for defendants-appellees Gerardo Jacobo, Marcel Arevalo, Javier Alvidrez Duarte, Daniel Bravo, Mario Castillo, and Robert Mercado., Larry M. Bakman, (On the Briefs), Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Gerardo Jacobo., Michael Belter, (On the Briefs), Riverside, California, for defendant-appellee Marcel Arevalo., Morton Philip Borenstein, (On the Briefs), Encino, California, for defendant-appellee Javier Alvidrez Duarte., John Cotsirilos, (On the Briefs), San Diego, California, for defendant-appellee Daniel Bravo., Michael M. Crain, (On the Briefs), Santa Monica, California, for defendant-appellee Mario Castillo., Jack M. Earley, (On the Briefs), Costa Mesa, California, for defendant-appellee Robert Mercado.