United States First Circuit

Conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine are affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's request for a continuance of his change of plea hearing to explore the possibility of hiring new counsel since the request for new counsel did not have a constitutional dimension.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2006
• Published 12/01/2006

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, SILER, Senior Circuit Judge and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tamara A. Barney, with whom MacFadyen, Gescheidt & O'Brien was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald Lockhart, with whom Robert Clark Corrente, United States Attorney, and Stephen G. Dambruch, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.