· 12/12/2000
Anthony Armienti v. United States
Citations
- 234 F.3d 820
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 31526
How courts have described this case
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- remanding for a hearing where appellant alleged several specified instances of attorney’s deficiencies that were product of specific conflict of interest
- requiring the court to “inquir[e]” into possible conflicts of interest, and relieve counsel, or obtain a waiver, only where that inquiry reveals an actual conflict
- ordering an evidentiary hearing on a potential conflict of interest because defense counsel was under investigation by the same United States Attorney’s Office prosecuting the defendant
- remanding for a hearing where 21 appellant alleged several specified instances of attorney’s 22 deficiencies that were product of specific conflict of interest
- requiring the court to “inquir[e]” into possible conflicts of interest, and relieve counsel, or obtain a waiver, only where that inquiry reveals an actual conflict
- finding an ineffective-assistance claim “plausible” when defense lawyer was being criminally investigated by same prosecutors office as had charged defendant
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Judges: Jacobs, Straub, Sack
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