UNITED STATES v. LATU

No. 19-10069.

46 F.4th 1175 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Taloa LATU, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeAnna S. Dotson (argued), Dana Point, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael Nammar (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Marion Percell , Chief of Appeals; Judith A. Philips , Acting United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

On September 11, 2016, Taloa Latu, an inmate at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Honolulu, repeatedly punched and kicked inmate Joseph Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi suffered multiple serious injuries, including a broken jaw. Latu was convicted following a jury trial of assault resulting in serious bodily injury...

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