United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant in drug conspiracy suffered ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney at the suppression hearing for a wiretap involving an unindicted co-conspirator had previously represented the co-conspirator.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/17/2000
• Decided 01/30/2001
• Published 01/30/2001

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, NOONAN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony M. Montemurro,Law Offices of Anthony M. Montemurro, (argued) Chicago, Illinois, and Gerald V. Scotti, (brief), Beverly Hills, California, for the defendant-appellant., David C. Wright, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.