United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for murder-for-hire is reversed due to insufficient evidence, where the government failed to prove that defendant promised anything of pecuniary value to the hitmen as a quid pro quo for murdering a gang rival.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/15/2005
• Decided 08/18/2005
• Published 08/18/2005

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: THOMAS and FISHER, Circuit Judges, and ROBART, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William L. Osterhoudt and Frank S. Moore, Law Offices of William L. Osterhoudt, San Francisco, California;  Alan P. Caplan, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellant., Brian J. Stretch, Assistant United States Attorney, Oakland, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.