United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his claim that the district court erred by 1) allowing his wife to testify about marital communications in violation of his marital communications privilege, and 2) admitting a thirteen-year-old drug conviction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2004
• Decided 06/27/2005
• Published 06/27/2005

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge., Before BEEZER, GRABER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter C. Wolff, Jr., Federal Public Defender, and Michael A. Weight, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Honolulu, HI, for the defendant-appellant., Edward H. Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney, and Thomas Muehleck, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.