Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Waggoner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 5, 2003No. 00-10252PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether 18 U.S.C. § 3005 requires that two attorneys be appointed whenever the government indicts a defendant for a crime punishable by death, even if the death penalty is not sought. We conclude that it does not, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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This case arises out of the murder of Alzinnia Keyes, a confidential informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). In January 1998, Terile Williams sold Keyes approximately two ounces of crack cocaine. At the time, Williams was the target of sustained DEA…
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