United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's sworn declarations presented to the court ex parte and under seal are protected from disclosure on appeal, and the district court erred in refusing to allow a money laundering defendant to present an entrapment defense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/03/2003
• Decided 06/23/2003
• Published 06/23/2003

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge., Before BROWNING, PREGERSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Charles Pereyra-Suarez, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Labrada Gurolla., Gail Ivens, Glendale, CA, for defendant-appellant Ortega-Gonzalez., Phillip A. Trevĩno, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant Barraza Leon., Julie J. Shemitz, Assistant United States Attorney, Narcotics Section, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.