United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's kidnapping conviction is affirmed, where Defendant argued that the U.S. was prosecuting him for an offense other than the one for which he was extradited from Mexico in violation of the doctrine of specialty, but in fact Mexico agreed to Defendant's extradition for the crimes at issue.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/04/2009
• Decided 05/06/2009
• Published 05/06/2009

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, SUSAN P. GRABER, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Frederick M. Carroll and Marc X. Carlos, Bardsley & Carlos, LLP, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Karen P. Hewitt, U.S. Atty., Jason A. Forge, Assistant United States Attorney, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.