United States v. Rosivito Hoskins

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Rosivito Hoskins was convicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and sentenced to 293 months imprisonment and five years supervised release. Hoskins appeals, arguing that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel at sentencing when the district court refused to appoint substitute counsel after Hoskins discharged his appointed counsel. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On August 19,1999, a federal grand jury indicted Rosivito Hoskins for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Hoskins went to…