Legal Opinion
United States v. Hector Ramirez
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1989No. 88-5447PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Hector Ramirez, was convicted by a jury of possession of cocaine and conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. 1 The principal witness against Ramirez at trial was co-conspirator, Karla Espinal. 2 Espinal had also testified against other members of this conspiracy in two previous trials.
On the first day of Ramirez’s trial, Roy Stout, a codefendant, filed a motion seeking to compel Karla Espinal to submit to a psychiatric examination to determine her competency as a witness in the case. That motion was based on the allegation that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- United States v. HeinleinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Phillip E. GutmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Beacher Drell RoachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Eddie Brown, United States of America v. Horace Lewis Brown, United States of America v. Patricia KnightCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
3Cited by35 opinions
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