United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's alien smuggling conviction is vacated where police unreasonably delayed defendant's arraignment before a magistrate judge to conduct a second interrogation in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 3501(c).

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/10/2008
• Decided 11/04/2009
• Published 11/04/2009

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before: HARRY PREGERSON, D. W. NELSON and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven F. Hubacheck, Federal Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant (argued and on the briefs)., Karen P. Hewitt, United States Attorney, Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Section, Mark R. Rehe, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.