United States v. Leonardo Chavez

JOSEPH H. YOUNG, Senior District Judge:

Leonardo Chavez appeals his conviction and resulting sentence for possession and interstate distribution of cocaine, contending that the evidence derived from a search warrant should have been suppressed at his trial and that an FBI agent’s intrusion into his attorney-client relationship constituted a denial of effective assistance of counsel and due process. For the reasons stated below, we reject these contentions and affirm the conviction and sentence.

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On June 20, 1988, FBI Special Agent Stephen Benjamin received information from a confidential…