United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug conviction is reversed where 1) the transfer of trace, unusable amounts of methamphetamine for the purpose of disposal in insufficient to support a conviction for "distribution," and 2) improper prosecutorial questioning and vouching prejudiced defendant's right to a fair trial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2004
• Decided 08/05/2004
• Published 08/05/2004

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:, Before: REINHARDT, THOMPSON, and KIM WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Carol K. Lysaght, Santa Monica, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Debra Yang, United States Attorney, Steven D. Clymer, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of Criminal Division, Cheryl O'Connor Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney, Narcotics Section, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.