United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, under 21 U.S.C. section 841(a)(1), is affirmed over her claim that she cannot be held responsible for a death that was an unforeseeable suicide.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/04/2005
• Decided 05/09/2005
• Published 05/09/2005

Judges

• TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOULD, TALLMAN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David F. Ness, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defenders of Montana, Great Falls, MT, for the defendant-appellant., Joseph E. Thaggard, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Great Falls, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.