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U.S. v. Gomez, No. 94-10520 (9th Cir.) (92 F.3d 770) (April 11, 1996) (Judge Alex Kozinski)

Loaded on May 1, 1996 published in Punch and Jurists September 16, 1996
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Defense - Right to Present.

Here, blasting the Government's "fictive imagination", the Court held that the district court had erred in denying the defendant the right to present to the jury his defense of duress to explain why he had possessed a gun.

Judge Kozinski started his decision by stating that this case "gives fresh ...

 

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  2. Muhammed v. Drug Enforcement Agency, No. 95-3194 (8th Cir.) (92 F.3d 648) (August 8, 1996) (Judge C. Arlen Beam)
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  6. U.S. v. Edgin, No. 95-6409 (10th Cir.) (92 F.3d 1044) (August 9, 1996) (Judge Stephanie K. Seymour)
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  10. U.S. v. Conley, No. 95-3556 (3rd Cir.) (92 F.3d 157) (August 1, 1996) (Judge Morton I. Greenberg)
  11. U.S. v. Dyce, No. 94-3171 (D.C. Cir.) (91 F.3d 1462) (July 30, 1996) (Judge James L. Buckley)
  12. U.S. v. Nunez-Rodriguez, No. 95-1887 (1st Cir.) (92 F.3d 14) (August 14, 1996) (Judge Conrad K. Cyr)
  13. U.S. v. Edgin, No. 95-6409 (10th Cir.) (92 F.3d 1044) (August 9, 1996) (Judge Stephanie K. Seymour)
  14. U.S. v. Gomez, No. 94-10520 (9th Cir.) (92 F.3d 770) (April 11, 1996) (Judge Alex Kozinski)

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