Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco Javier SANTOS-PINON, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1998No. 97-10479PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Francisco Javier Santos-Pinon was convicted by a jury of conspiring to transport and harbor illegal aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(v) and of transporting illegal aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(ii). Before the trial, the parties took the videotaped depositions of material witnesses Juan Ricardo Lopez-Medina, Elijio Lopez-Lopez, and Pedro Mancha-ca-Arvizo. These witnesses were then deported.
During the trial, the government sought to introduce these depositions under 8 U.S.C. § 1324(d), which allows videotaped…
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