Legal Opinion
United States v. Spawr Optical Research, Inc., a Corporation, Walter J. Spawr and Frances A. Spawr, Individuals
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1982No. 81-1078PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Walter and Frances Spawr and their family-owned corporation, Spawr Optical Research, Inc. (the Spawrs), appeal their convictions resulting from their unlicensed export of laser mirrors destined for the Soviet Union. 1 Their principal challenge is to the Government’s reliance on allegedly defunct export regulations that they were convicted of violating. They also allege that government misconduct prejudiced their defense, that the trial court erred by admitting co-conspirators’ statements that lacked a proper evidentiary base, and that, in any event, the evidence was…
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