United States v. Griffiths

Defendant-Appellant David Griffiths appeals from the May 14, 2013 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alvin K. Hellerstein, Judge) following Griffiths’s conviction, after a jury trial, on one count of making false statements to the Government, 18 U.S.C. § 1001; one count of obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2); and one count of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. On appeal, as below, Griffiths principally contends that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when, after his attorney suffered two strokes…