Legal Opinion
United States v. Bruce Wayne Peters
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1991No. 90-10495PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Bruce Wayne Peters appeals his conviction for assaulting an officer of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 (1969 & Supp.1991). Peters contends that he was denied his sixth amendment rights by the district court’s exclusion of his expert witness as a sanction for defense counsel’s asserted violation of discovery rules. We hold that no discovery violation occurred and remand to the district court for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
Peters was charged with assaulting United States park ranger Ralph Clyne, who had stopped him in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park…
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