U.S. v. BONDS

No. 11-10669.

784 F.3d 582 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barry Lamar BONDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Riordan (argued) and Donald M. Horgan, Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA; Ted Sampsell Jones, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN, for Appellant.

Merry Jean Chan (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Melinda Haag, United States Attorney, Barbara J. Valliere, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, United States Attorneys' Office, San Francisco, CA, for Appellee.

Per Curiam Opinion; Concurrence by Judge KOZINSKI; Concurrence by Judge N.R. SMITH; Concurrence by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence by Judge W. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge RAWLINSON


OPINION

During a grand jury proceeding, defendant gave a rambling, non-responsive answer to a simple question. Because there is insufficient evidence that Statement C was material, defendant's conviction for obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 is not supported by the record. Whatever section 1503's scope may...

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