Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Diaz-Lopez, No. 09-50604 (9th Cir.) (625 F.3d 1198) (November 9, 2010) (Judge Ronald M. Gould) by This is an interesting decision in which the defendant, an alien convicted of illegal reentry into the U.S. following his earlier removal, challenged the testimony of a Border Agent at his trial …

U.S. v. Seifert, No. 04-CR-113 JMR (D.Minn.) (351 F.Supp.2d 926) (January 7, 2005) (Judge James M. Rosenbaum) by Here Judge Rosenbaum denied the defendant’s motion to exclude a digitally-converted and -enhanced surveillance videotape under the “best evidence rule” contained in Fed.R.Evid. 1002. After a hearing, he concluded that the duplicate …

U.S. v. Bennett, No. 02-50442 (9th Cir.) (363 F.3d 947) (April 9, 2004) (Judge Raymond C. Fisher) by This case arose from the boarding and search of the defendant’s boat at the entrance to San Diego Bay by a joint task force targeting smuggling activities from Mexico into Southern California. …