Legal Opinion
United States v. Ralph Marrera
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1985No. 83-1711, 84-1692PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Defendant Marrera’s guilt is clear, but so is his trial counsel’s serious breach of ethics which created at least a potential conflict of interest. The impact of counsel’s ethical breach on his representation of Marrera and on the jury’s guilty verdict is the principal issue.
Defendant and his conspiring friends made off one October weekend in 1974 with 4.3 million dollars from the vault of Purolator Services, Inc. The government calls it a spectacular robbery; perhaps, but in some respects it was an amateurish caper for it left the defendant, the only…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Patricia Campbell HearstCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- People v. WashingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Edward Spreitzer v. Howard A. Peters, Iii, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections and Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- State v. AtleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
- United States v. Larry L. HortonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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