Legal Opinion
United States v. Nicholas Vowteras and Nestor Vowteras
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 18, 1974No. 1170, Docket 74-1412PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
The alleged errors stem from two essential claims: first, that the joint representation of the two appellant brothers by the same trial attorney was improper and second, that Nestor Vowteras was incompetent to stand trial and that his alleged incompetence should have required a hearing under 18 U.S.C. § 4244 and should now require a new trial.
We reject both contentions.
Because of the recently decided case of United States v. DeBerry, 487 F.2d 448 (2d Cir. 1973), the Government raised both with the court and counsel its concern with the joint representation at trial of the two defendants. The…
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