United States v. Salcido

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Jose Salcido (“Salcido”) appeals his conviction and sentence for trafficking in marijuana. Salcido claims that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel because his attorney allegedly labored under a conflict of interest. Salcido also claims that both the incarceration and supervised release portions of his sentence violate the rule established in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). Finding no Sixth Amendment violation, we will affirm the judgment of conviction and sentence of incarceration.…