Perez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-10289 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-98-00198-HG

JANICE L. PEREZ,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Helen Gillmor, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 25, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed May 16, 2008

Before: John R. Gibson,* Marsha S. Berzon, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bea

*The Honorable John R. Gibson, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

5719 5722 UNITED STATES v. PEREZ

COUNSEL

Peter C. Wolf, Federal Public Defender, Matthew C. Winter, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellant Janice Perez.

Edward H. Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney, Tracy A. Hino, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

OPINION

BEA, Circuit Judge:

We are called upon in this case to decide whether a person on supervised release has a right to cross-examine the…