United States Sixth Circuit

District court did not plainly err in relying on an undisputed drug quantity contained in a Presentence Investigative Report, and though failure to provide defendant an opportunity to be heard before allowing his chosen counsel to withdraw was plain error, his substantial rights were not affected.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/12/2003
• Decided 05/16/2003
• Published 05/16/2003

Judges

• Before MOORE and CLAY, Circuit Judges;  LAWSON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Douglas Treadway (briefed), Yazoo City, MS, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tony R. Arvin, Asst. U.S. Atty., John T. Fowlkes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Paul M. O'Brien (argued and briefed), Asst. U.S. Atty., Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael M. Losavio (argued and briefed), Louisville, KY, for Defendant-Appellant.