UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Viken BENLIAN, Defendant-Appellant

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• minor matters discussed by the court in the absence of defendant’s counsel are not a critical phase of the trial
• “[I]f the stage 16 not critical, there can be no constitutional violation, no matter how deficient counsel’s 17 || performance.”

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