United States Fifth Circuit

A trial court may not sequester a defendant from speaking with his counsel, even if the court recesses during the defendant's testimony, because it deprives the defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2001
• Published 09/19/2001

Judges

• POLITZ, Circuit Judge:, Before POLITZ and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and FALLON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Victor Ghio (argued), Lafayette, LA, for Patrick Johnson., John Joseph Perry, Jones & Cryer, Houston, TX, for Kevin Jermaine Pickens., Edward M. Nichols, Jr., Lake Charles, LA, for Ameile Brown., Randal Paul McCann (argued), Borne & Wilkes, Lafayette, LA, for Craig Anthony Marks., Robert Alton Jones (argued), Houston, TX, for Troy Anthony Marks., Michael Charles Piccione, Sr. (argued), Barry & Piccione, New Orleans, LA, for Shawn Bernard Woods.


• For Appellees:
  
• Camille Ann Domingue, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.