United States v. Kevin Laney

OPINION

HAWKINS, Circuit Judge

In these consolidated appeals, we must determine whether a presumption of validity attaches to a stipulation 1 by defense counsel that their clients waive their right to a jury trial on their criminal charges. Defendants Kevin Laney and Brian Federico contend that: (1) the stipulations submitted by'their respective trial counsel did not effectively waive their Sixth Amendment rights and (2) their convictions on several counts of conspiracy and mail fraud are not supported by sufficient evidence. We ' conclude that counsel’s stipulations in this case did not raise…