Ninth Circuit hears Kincaid-Chauncey appeal at UNLV
The Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments at UNLV yesterday, the first time the Court has sat at the law school. The panel consisted of Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and Circuit Judges Marsha S. Berzon of San Francisco and Jay S. Bybee of Las Vegas. The arguments were held in the Thomas & Mack Moot Court Facility
The Court heard three cases, including arguments by Federal Public Defender Franny Forsman that former Clark County commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey should receive a new trial due to exclusion of witnesses offered to challenge the credibility of star prosecution witness Michael Galardi. Forsman also argued that the instructions to the jury should have required them to find Kincaid-Chauncey accepted money with the intent to vote in favor of Galardi.
The other two cases heard were Borodkin v. Omni Air International, an appeal of a summary judgment for the defense in a wrongful discharge and defamation case and another criminal matter, United States v. Flaherty.
