Legal Opinion
United States v. Angelica Urias Espinoza
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2018No. 16-50033PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Angelica Urias Espinoza appeals her conviction for importation of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. We consider whether the district court abused its discretion in excluding evidence of third-party culpability. 1 As the district court applied the wrong legal standard in excluding the evidence of third-party culpability, it necessarily abused its discretion. Because the error was not harmless, we reverse Urias Espinoza’s conviction and remand for a new trial. 2
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On April 22, 2015, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent stopped Urias…
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