Angelo Frank Lugo v. United States

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by one of two code-fendants, both of whom were convicted of knowingly importing a narcotic drug [heroin] into the United States, contrary to 21 U.S.C. § 173, and knowingly receiving, concealing and facilitating the transportation and concealment of the same drug contrary to 21 U.S.C. § 174.

Appellant urges two points on appeal: that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel by virtue of the fact that one attorney represented both appellant and his code-fendant, and that it was error for the court to allow…