United States First Circuit

Denial of motions to withdraw a guilty plea and for new counsel is reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing where the defendant made a sufficient showing of an actual conflict of interest on the part of his attorney to render his claim colorable and justify further inquiry by the district court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/11/2007
• Published 01/11/2007

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ignacio Fernández de Lahongrais, by appointment of the court, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney (Chief, Appellate Division), with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.