United States v. Barbara Ray Kizer

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Barbara Kizer raises two issues in this appeal from her conviction for attempted bank robbery: (1) that she was denied full confrontation of a key witness against her when the trial court refused to allow inquiry into the witness’s past drug addiction; (2) that the trial court deprived her of the right to pro se representation by prematurely ejecting her from the courtroom. We find no reversible error and affirm the judgment.

Before government witness Katie Nelson testified, the trial court granted the prosecutor’s motion to prevent defense counsel from inquiring into…