United States v. Lauro Arellanes Molina
This text of 453 F.2d 753 (United States v. Lauro Arellanes Molina) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The judgment of conviction in this importation of heroin case is affirmed.
The main question on appeal is the rejection of an offer of proof. We find the offer of proof was too speculative. And, if the offer was to prove certain common practices of prosecutors, it was irrelevant. If it was an offer to prove some of the history of this case, it was an attempt to invade a lawyer-client relationship by questioning a lawyer about a matter concerning his client without a suggestion that the client was willing. (It really seems that the offer sought to prove custom and usage in criminal prosecutions.)
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