CIUZIO

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Feldman, 788 F.2d 544 (9th Cir. 1986)
  …316, 94 S.Ct. 1105, 1110, 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974). We will uphold a district court’s decision on the extent of cross-examination unless it constitutes an abuse of discretion. United States v. Kennedy, 714 F. 2d 968, 973 (9th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1034, 104 S.Ct. 1305, 79 L.Ed.2d 704 (1984). A defendant’s constitutional right to cross-examination is limited to issues relevant to the trial. Id. However, a restriction of cross-examination may still be error if sufficiently prejudicial. See United St…
• United States v. Tarantino, 846 F.2d 1384 (D.C. Cir. 1988)
  …voluntarily and intelligently elects to do so.” Id. at 807. Because the exercise of the right of self-representation involves a waiver of the right to assistance of counsel, United States v. Weisz, 718 F. 2d 413, 425 (D.C.Cir.1983), cert, denied, 465 U.S. 1034, 104 S.Ct. 1305, 79 L.Ed.2d 704 (1984), we have recently emphasized that “the right of self-representation is waived unless defendants articulately and unmistakably demand to proceed pro se," id. at 426. Our reading of the trial transcript demonstr…
• United States v. Aleksandrs V. Laurins, 857 F.2d 529 (9th Cir. 1988)
  …te prejudice. Id. Where destruction by the government is innocent, although negligent, it is insufficient for reversal unless it bears on an issue central to the case. See United States v. Kennedy, 714 F. 2d 968, 975-76 (9th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1034, 104 S.Ct. 1305, 79 L.Ed.2d 704 (1984). Here, there is no showing that the government intentionally destroyed the disk, and Laurins nowhere established that the disk contained exculpatory evidence. He claims the computer records would have shown th…