Legal Opinion
United States v. Trung Tran Nguyen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2001No. 00-10272PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Trung Tran Nguyen (Nguyen) was convicted by a jury of three methamphetamine offenses, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 960, 952(a), 841(a)(1), 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. We hold that Nguyen was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and we reverse the judgment of the District Court.
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At the pretrial conference, Anthony Camacho, a private defense attorney, informed the District Judge that Nguyen’s family had attempted to retain him to replace Nguyen’s public defender. Camacho stated that he had just learned that the trial was set for that day, and therefore that his…
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