United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug and firearm possession convictions are affirmed where: 1) the district court properly determined whether defendant lacked the mental capacity to conduct trial proceedings; and 2) the district court's decision to deny defendant's request for a continuance was more than fair and reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2009
• Decided 12/03/2009
• Published 12/03/2009

Judges

• MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  T.G. NELSON, JAY S. BYBEE and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Karen L. Landau, Oakland, CA, for defendant-appellant Bobby Lee Thompson., Christine C. Ewell and Lamar Webster Baker, Assistant United States Attorneys, United States Attorneys Office for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.