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UNITED STATES v. LAYTON

No. 84-1252.

767 F.2d 549 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Laurence John LAYTON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Svetcov, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

James F. Hewitt, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before HUG and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and CURTIS, District Judge.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal concerning the pretrial exclusion of evidence under Rule 403 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Laurence John Layton ("Layton") was charged with conspiracy to murder and aiding and abetting the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan, and also with conspiracy to murder and aiding and abetting the attempted murder of Richard Dwyer, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States in the Republic of Guyana. Layton's first trial ended in a...

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