U.S. v. PINEDA-MATEO

No. 17-1857.

905 F.3d 13 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Eric PINEDA-MATEO, Defendant, Appellee, and Yovannys Guerrero-Tejeda, Intervenor, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth R. Aframe , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Scott W. Murray , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.

Jaye L. Rancourt , with whom Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey, Manchester, NH was on brief, for intervenor-appellee.

Eduardo Masferrer , with whom Masferrer & Associates, P.C., Boston, MA was on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Thompson, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


We are called upon to decide an issue of first impression in this circuit — whether to recognize a "joint participant" exception to the spousal testimonial privilege. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court's conclusion that recognition of such an exception...

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