Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert John Greig and Craig Wayne Hanley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1992No. 91-8235PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This controversy arises out of a successful reverse sting operation in Austin, Texas involving $230,000 and 500 pounds of marijuana, for which Appellants Greig and Han-ley were convicted of marijuana conspiracy offenses. We affirm Hanley’s conviction and sentence. With respect to Greig, however, we find that his counsel had a conflict of interest which denied Greig his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. Accordingly, we reverse and remand to the district court for a new trial.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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- United States v. Louis RochesterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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