Legal Opinion
United States v. Isaac
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 23, 2011No. 08-4755PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
Among the various issues appellant Prince Isaac raises in his challenge to his conviction and sentence is one that requires us to consider once again the parameters of a criminal defendant’s right to represent himself. Prince Isaac was convicted by a jury of fifteen counts arising out of his role as the organizer of a drug trafficking ring in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Isaac contends that he was denied the right to represent himself when he did not attend two sidebar conferences concerning jury instructions and that the District Court erroneously…
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