United States Third Circuit

The right to death-penalty qualified counsel created by 18 U.S.C. section 3005 is not coterminous with the right to counsel established by the Sixth Amendment, and any error in failing to appoint such counsel is harmless where there is a "high probability" that the error did not prejudice the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/03/2001
• Decided 03/05/2002
• Published 03/05/2002

Judges

• Before BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William J. Glore, (Argued), Hymes & Zebedee, St. Thomas USVI, for Appellant Casseus., Erik E. Woodbury, Dudley Clerk & Chan, Estate Thomas, St. Thomas USVI, for Appellant Fleurantin.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hugh P. Mabe, III, (Argued), Office of United States Attorney United States, St. Thomas USVI, for Appellee.