United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction for knowingly transporting cocaine across the US-Mexico border concealed in a specially constructed compartment of the defendant's pickup truck is affirmed where the district court properly excluded as hearsay the defendant's testimony about requests made by his friend, whom the defendant claimed was manipulating him into unknowingly carrying drugs across the border by asking him for favors running errands into San Diego.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2015
• Published 07/22/2015

Judges

• Tallman

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel