Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Seth M. Hufstedler (argued), Dan Marmalefsky (argued), and Benjamin J. Fox , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellant Terry Christensen.
Steven F. Gruel (argued), San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellant Anthony Pellicano.
Chad S. Hummel (argued) and Emil Petrossian , Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Los Angeles, California; Becky Walker James , Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellant Mark Arneson.
Karen L. Landau (argued), Oakland, California, for Defendant-Appellant Rayford Lee Turner.
Katherine Kimball Windsor (argued), Pasadena, California, for Defendant-Appellant Abner Nicherie.
Benjamin L. Coleman (argued), Coleman & Balogh LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant Kevin Kachikian.
André Birotte Jr. , United States Attorney, Central District of California, Robert E. Dugdale , Chief, Criminal Division, Kevin M. Lally (argued) and Joshua A. Klein (argued), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Chief District Judge Christensen.
ORDER
The opinion filed August 25, 2015 is hereby amended as follows: The last paragraph on page 41 through the last paragraph on page 43 of the slip opinion should be removed and replaced with the following:
The main theory of Kachikian's defense was that Kachikian lacked the required criminal intent because he believed Pellicano was using his Telesleuth software for lawful purposes. The court instructed the jury that the government had to prove that ...
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