Dean v. Varney

How courts have described this case

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• holding that prosecutor’s references to the Seventh Commandment as a source of the law against stealing were not improper
• noting that a Sixth Amendment claim would arise if a prosecutor’s repeated disparagement of the defendant’s chosen counsel destroyed his confidence in the counsel and led him to retain different counsel
• no reversal for discovery violation unless district court abused its discretion and the error resulted in prejudice to substantial rights
• “We are faced with an issue not squarely presented to previous courts: does disparagement of counsel in front of defendant and in the counsel’s px-esence violate the Sixth Amendment if it causes the defendant to x-etain different counsel?”

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