Legal Opinion
United States v. Straub
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2008No. 07-30182PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
Dwayne Edward Straub challenges his conviction and sentence for narcotics crimes and the attempted robbery and shooting of Robert Garrett in Portland, Oregon. Straub claims that the district court’s refusal to compel the prosecution to grant use immunity to defense witness Mike Baumann violated his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment. This case requires us to clarify the standard by which we determine when a district court must compel the prosecution to grant use immunity, as most recently stated in Williams v. Woodford, 384 F.3d 567 (9th Cir.2004). We must…
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