Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro L. Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1978No. 77-5040PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
On July 28, 1976, Pedro L. Alvarez was found guilty by a jury on all counts of a three-count indictment charging him with (1) conspiracy to import, distribute and possess marijuana, (2) importation of marijuana, and (3) possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Appellant Alvarez urges that his trial attorney’s simultaneous representation of both appellant and two codefendants who pled guilty and testified at his trial as government witnesses created a conflict of interest depriving him of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and his…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by116 opinions
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