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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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