United States v. Hieng, No. 09-10401 (9th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed from his conviction and sentence (1) for conspiring to manufacture and distribute more than 1,000 plants of marijuana and (2) for manufacturing and cultivating, and aiding and abetting the cultivation of more than 1,000 plants. Defendant raised several issues on appeal: the district court erred by allowing a law enforcement agent to testify regarding statements defendant made through an interpreter during a post-arrest interview; the district court erred in admitting testimony regarding the number of marijuana plants found at the property where he was arrested; the district court erred at sentencing in finding that defendant had not truthfully provided all the information in his possession to the government, thereby resulting in the denial of safety valve relief; and cumulative error resulted in unfair trial. The court addressed each of defendant's claims and ultimately affirmed the conviction and sentence.
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