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U.S. v. SANDOVAL-MENDOZA

No. 04-10118.

472 F.3d 645 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo SANDOVAL-MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted August 3, 2005.

Filed December 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc J. Zilversmit, San Francisco, CA, for appellant Eduardo Sandoval-Mendoza.

Erika R. Frick, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the appellee.

Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.

This drug conspiracy case presents two principal issues. The first is whether the district court erred in ordering defense counsel not to talk to his client during an overnight recess. The second is whether the district court abused its discretion in excluding expert testimony about the defendant's subnormal intelligence. We reverse.

FACTS

Twin brothers, Eduardo and Ricardo Sandoval-Mendoza, were convicted of conspiring...

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