Legal Opinion
United States v. Larson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2007No. 05-30076, 05-30077PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge PAEZ; Concurrence by Judge GRABER; Dissent by Judge HAWKINS.
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
These appeals present the question whether the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights of Defendants Patricia Ann Larson and Leon Neis Laverdure were violated when they were barred from cross-examining two witnesses about the mandatory minimum prison sentences that they would have faced but for their cooperation with the Government. A three-judge panel of our court held that there was no constitutional violation and affirmed Defendants’ convictions. United States v. Larson, 460 F.3d 1200 (9th…
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