United States v. Edward W. Young

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the district court’s denial of defendant’s motion to be assisted by lay counsel at his trial on criminal charges was violative of his right to have the assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. We affirm the district court.

Appellant Young was indicted (Count Y), tried, and convicted by a jury of willfully supplying a false income tax withholding exemption certificate in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7205. 1 Young moved prior to trial to have the assistance of a layman, Lowell Anderson, as counsel at trial.…