Legal Opinion
United States v. Del Carpio-Cotrina
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 21, 1990No. 89-388-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
SCOTT, District Judge.
This cause is before the Court to determine whether defense counsel Joel DeFabio has breached his ethical obligations by failing to disclose to the Court that the Defendant Fausto Del Carpio-Cotrina had jumped bond and would not appear to stand trial on criminal charges.
I. BACKGROUND
On June 30, 1989, Fausto Del Carpio-Co-trina was indicted by the grand jury on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Steve Bronis appeared as defense counsel…
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