United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for mail fraud is reversed where the district court improperly admitted evidence that should have been excluded under the marital communications privilege.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/13/2004
• Decided 09/15/2004
• Published 09/15/2004

Judges

• GOODWIN, Circuit Judge., Before: GOODWIN, FLETCHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Bennett Weintraub, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eugene, OR, for defendant-appellant James Montgomery., Ronald H. Hoevet, Per C. Olson, Hoevet & Boise, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellant Mary O'Connor., William E. Fitzgerald, Assistant United States Attorney, Eugene, OR, for the plaintiff-appellee.