PEOPLE OF TERRITORY OF GUAM v. NGIRANGAS

No. 86-1047.

806 F.2d 895 (1986)

The PEOPLE OF the TERRITORY OF GUAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alex NGIRANGAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn E. Clothier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Volz, Atty. Gen., Agana, Guam, for plaintiff-appellee.

Howard G. Trapp, Trapp & Untalan, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant.

Before NELSON, REINHARDT and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


NELSON, Circuit Judge:

The question on appeal is whether a trial court has discretion to allow the taking of the deposition of a fugitive. We hold that it does and therefore reverse the decision of the appellate division of the district court of Guam which had affirmed the trial court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 48 U.S.C. § 1424-3(c) (West Supp.1985).

BACKGROUND

On March 31, 1986, officers who suspected that marijuana was growing in the...

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