United States Third Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is reversed where the district court violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel when it denied his counsel's request for a continuance and allowed him to proceed to trial pro se.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/08/2005
• Decided 09/27/2005
• Published 09/27/2005

Judges

• Before NYGAARD,MCKEE and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin McNulty (Argued), Lawrence S. Lustberg, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James F. Avigliano, Steven E. Braun (Argued), Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, Paterson, NJ, for Appellee.