Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael D. Christakis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2001No. 99-55298PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Michael Christakis appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Christakis argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of his attorney’s conflict of interest.
We reverse.
I
FACTS
In August 1990, the government charged Christakis in a five-count indictment with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The indictment was based in part on evidence that the government gathered from a wiretap on Christakis’s phone. The government's application to the district court for wiretap authorization…
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