· 7/1/1996
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alberto Jose DEL MURO, AKA Raul Torres-Garcia, Defendant-Appellant
Citations
- 87 F.3d 1078
- 96 Daily Journal DAR 7903
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4909
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 15687
- 1996 WL 360595
How courts have described this case
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- agreeing that “forcing trial counsel to prove his own ineffectiveness” created a conflict of interest
- requiring appointment of new counsel when district court grants evidentiary hearing on ineffectiveness claim
- “It is not reversible 12 error to reject a defendant's proposed instruction on his theory of the case if other instructions, in their 13 entirety, adequately cover that defense theory.”
- an attorney cannot 16 competently argue his own ineffectiveness
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Judges: Browning, Norris, Per Curiam, Reinhardt
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