United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction on drug related offenses is vacated due to an invalid jury waiver where the district court's finding that defendant's lawyer properly translated a jury trial waiver form was not supported by the record.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/03/2005
• Decided 12/06/2005
• Published 12/06/2005

Judges

• KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:, Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Ian Garey, Santa Ana, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Nancy B. Spiegel, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA;  Debra W. Yang, United States Attorney;  Wayne R. Gross, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Southern Division;  John D. Early, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.