United States Ninth Circuit

Where judge informed a jury that if they were still deliberating at the end of the day, an alternate juror would be called and deliberations would begin anew, such error was harmless; denial of instruction on voluntary intoxication was proper where jury's verdict showed that the issue was irrelevant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2001
• Decided 05/08/2002
• Published 05/08/2002

Judges

• Before KOZINSKI and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and WINMILL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Suzanne M. Lachelier, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney, John N. Parmley, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.