PEOPLE OF TERRITORY OF GUAM v. TEIXEIRA

No. 86-1224.

859 F.2d 120 (1988)

PEOPLE OF the TERRITORY OF GUAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David TEIXEIRA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ladd A. Baumann, Baumann & Hull, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant.

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

Before POOLE, NORRIS and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant David Teixeira appeals his conviction on three counts of delivery of a controlled substance in violation of 9 Guam Code Annotated (G.C.A.) § 67.50(a)(1) (1977), after the trial court denied his motion for a jury trial on his defense of entrapment. Teixeira contends that Guam law requiring the submission of the entrapment defense to the trial judge deprived him of his sixth amendment right to trial by jury. We disagree and affirm...

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