United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine is reversed where the district court committed plain error by not giving the jury, sua sponte, a public authority defense instruction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/24/2006
• Published 02/24/2006

Judges

• DAVID R. THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before: FARRIS, THOMPSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Benjamin L. Coleman, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Shannon P. Ryan, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.