United States v. Grant Bancroft Heine

Grant Heine was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1988) and possession of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844(a) (1988). He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 19 months for possessing a firearm and 6 months for possessing cocaine and was ordered to serve three years of supervised release. On appeal, Heine argues that the district court abused its discretion by denying an additional continuance of the trial and that his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation was violated when the court appointed standby counsel…