United States Fourth Circuit

Convictions for bank robbery and related charges are vacated where the court erred in forcing defendant to choose between his right to a lawyer and his right to testify on his own behalf.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/04/2003
• Published 09/04/2003

Judges

• Before TRAXLER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Charles Robinson Brewer, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Kenneth Michel Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.