United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine is affirmed, where: 1) a confidential informant's testimony at trial in a wig-and-mustache disguise does not violate the Confrontation Clause, where the disguise was necessary to further the witness's safety and the reliability of his testimony was otherwise assured; and 2) any due process violation was harmless, because it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that the jury would have delivered a guilty verdict.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2013
• Published 01/30/2013

Judges

• BEA

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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