United States Ninth Circuit

Where the erroneous denial of defendant's pro hac vice motion was harmless, convictions on two counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 5 kg of cocaine, and attempted possession of at least 5 kg of cocaine, affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2002
• Published 10/28/2002

Judges

• Before THOMPSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald M. Re, Los Angeles, CA;  Karen L. Landau, Peter Goldberger & Karen L. Landau, Ardmore, PA;  David M. Porter, Sacramento, CA;  and John T. Philipsborn, Law Offices of John T. Philipsborn, San Francisco, CA, for the amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Darlene M. Ricker, Ricker & Mercado, Beverly Hills, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney (on brief), Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney (at time of argument and when opinion was filed), Deborah J. Rhodes, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.