United States v. George Ray

Defendant Ray was found guilty of transporting a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312. He asserts a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel in that court-appointed counsel did not have sufficient time between his appointment and trial to locate a party from whom defendant claimed to have borrowed the transported automobile.

Admitting that the Sixth Amendment requires that counsel for an indigent defendant be appointed far enough in advance of trial to permit adequate preparation therefor, the Government argues that…