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U.S. v. ARTEAGA

Nos. 95-30018, 95-30038, 95-30042, 95-30051 and 95-30061.

117 F.3d 388 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clara Patricia ARTEAGA, also known as Melissa Sandoval, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Fernando ARTEAGA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Alberto DAVILA-AGUDELO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jenny ARRANGO-LAVERDE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Beatriz RAMIREZ-CASTRO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1997.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mervyn Hamburg, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Steven Skrocki, Assistant United States Attorney, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

Dawn Reed-Slaten, Powell & Slaten, Anchorage, AK, for defendant-appellant Clara Patricia Arteaga.

Scott A. Sterling, Jensen, Harris & Roth, Anchorage, AK, for defendant-appellant Beatriz Ramirez-Castro.

Brent R. Cole, Marston & Cole, Anchorage, AK, for defendant-appellant Jenny Arrango-Laverde.

John C. Pharr, Anchorage, AK, for defendant-appellant Carlos Alberto Davila-Agudelo.

Richard Clem, Minneapolis, MN, for defendant-appellant Jose Fernando Arteaga.

Before GOODWIN, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

We travel the poorly-charted byways of the hearsay rule in a case where the trial judge — facing a barrage of defense objections — ruled that much of the prosecution's evidence could not be considered by the jury for the truth of the matters asserted.

Background

Appellants Jose Fernando Arteaga and Jenny Arrango-Laverde were convicted of money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), as part of...

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