United States Ninth Circuit

No breach of the duty of confidentiality and no actual conflict of interest arose through original defense counsel's anonymous phone call to law enforcement, disclosing the location of bodies of two children whom petitioner was ultimately convicted of killing, thus denial of a habeas petition alleging ineffective assistance is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/08/2002
• Decided 04/02/2003
• Published 04/02/2003

Judges

• Before FERGUSON, W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven T. Wax,Federal Public Defender's Office, Portland, OR, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel J. Casey, Justice Department, State of Oregon, Salem, OR, for the respondent-appellee.