United States Ninth Circuit

Decisions dismissing an indictment for drug-related offenses against defendants on the grounds that the terms of their plea agreements prohibited the government from prosecuting them for the offenses covered by the indictment is affirmed where the district court properly interpreted the plea agreements at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2006
• Published 04/05/2006

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge., Before B. FLETCHER, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leonardo M. Rapadas, United States Attorney, & Marivic P. David, Assistant United States Attorney, Hagåtña, GU, for plaintiff-appellant United States of America.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Gavras, Gorman & Gavras, P.C., Hagåtña, GU, for defendant-appellee Lynda Transfiguracion., Joaquin C. Arriola, Jr. & Jacqueline Taitano Terlaje, Arriola, Cowan & Arriola, Hagåtña, GU, for defendant-appellee Thuy Dao.