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· 8/6/1992

United States v. Donald S. Lowry

Citations

  • 971 F.2d 55
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 17965
  • 1992 WL 186559

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding \a valid waiver of the right to conflict-free counsel bars any later claim of ineffective assistance growing from that conflict\
  • Sixth Amendment right to counsel of defendant’s choosing and right to conflict-free representation may at times clash with each other
  • “[A] valid waiver of the right to conflict-free counsel bars any later claim of ineffective assistance growing from that conflict____”
  • Sixth Amendment right to counsel of defendant’s choosing and right to conflict-free representation may at times clash with each other
  • any ineffective assistance claim based on conflict of interest is barred where defendant knowingly and voluntarily waives conflict
  • “[A] defendant can waive the right to conflict-free counsel and, once having made a knowing and intelligent waiver, … may not later attack his conviction premised upon an assertion of conflict.”

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Judges: Coffey, Manion, Shabaz

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