United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine base and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine is affirmed where: 1) although portions of an expert witness's testimony should have been excluded, the district court's error was harmless; and 2) the remainder of his claims were meritless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/18/2006
• Decided 06/11/2007
• Published 06/11/2007

Judges

• Before:  JOHN R. GIBSON,RAYMOND C. FISHER, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Myra D. Mossman (argued), Santa Barbara, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Debra Wong Yang, United States Attorney, Thomas P. O'Brien, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, Mark A. Young, Assistant United States Attorney, Narcotics Section, Elana Artson (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.