United States Ninth Circuit
US v. VIAYRA, 02-10325, 02-10336, 02-10340
A district court lacks authority to sua sponte convert a FRCP rule 29 motion for judgment of acquittal into a FRCP rule 33 new trial motion.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/13/2004
- Decided 04/21/2004
- Published 04/21/2004
Judges
- McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, McKEOWN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- John K. Vincent,McGregor W. Scott, Thomas E. Flynn, and Laura Swartz U.S. Attorney's Office, Sacramento, California, for appellants-cross-appellees United States of America., Quin Denvir and Caro Marks, Federal Defender, Sacramento, California, for appellees-cross-appellants Miguel Navarro Viayra and Manuel Alvarez Guerra.