United States v. Conni S. Black

972 F.2d 1343 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Conni S. BLACK, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-10484. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1992. * Decided July 16, 1992. Before ALARCON, HALL and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Conni S. Black appeals a jury verdict convicting her of conspiracy to commit murder by using the mails and by hiring an assassin in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 . We affirm. 3 * The government called Michael McMain, Randy Black's divorce lawyer, to help establish Black's motive and to set the background of the alleged conspiracy. Black appears to argue that the district court erred by permitting McMain to testify about the Kentucky divorce proceedings without requiring the testimony of Deanna Dennison, Black's lawyer both in the Kentucky proceedings and in the criminal trial below. Black did not object to McMain's…