United States Ninth Circuit

Prosecution of a drug offense against defense counsel required trial court to inquire whether there was a conflict of interest in defendant's representation where same prosecutor's office filed charges against the defendant and defense counsel.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/15/2004
• Decided 09/12/2001
• Published 09/12/2001

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:, Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, FERGUSON, REINHARDT, RYMER, KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, GRABER, WARDLAW, GOULD, CLIFTON and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard M. Ullman (argued), Walter F. Brown, Jr., San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peggy S. Ruffra (argued), John R. Vance, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, State of California, for the respondent-appellee.