United States Ninth Circuit

In murder case where only evidence is a witness who also had a motive to commit the crime, defendant entitled to cross-examine police officers about that witness' absence right after the murder.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2001
• Published 12/05/2001

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  REINHARDT, HAWKINS, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gilbert Gaynor, Santa Barbara, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janis McLean, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the respondent-appellee.