United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of petitioner's writ of habeas corpus on 6th Amendment grounds and request for an evidentiary hearing to examine alleged conflicts of interest on the part of defense counsel is affirmed where petitioner has alleged no specific facts that would entitle him to relief under the actual conflict standard articulated in Cuyler v. Sullivan.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/13/2003
• Decided 10/27/2003
• Published 10/27/2003

Judges

• CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:, Before WALLACE, HALL, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald F. Uelmen, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Robin L. Harris, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.