Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter H. Kupau
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1986No. 84-1034PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
Walter H. Kupau appeals his convictions for three counts of perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621 (1982) and three counts of false declaration under 18 U.S.C. § 1623 (1982). Kupau maintains that he was denied a fair trial because the district court (1) allowed an FBI agent to play tapes for the jury with no one present to record communication between the jury and the agent, (2) communicated ex parte with the jury, (3) contaminated the jury by giving it a dictionary, (4) refused to allow Kupau to introduce the expert testimony of a linguist, and (5) committed error in excluding…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by72 opinions
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