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· 5/16/1974

United States v. Ernesto Rodriguez Vallejo

Citations

  • 496 F.2d 960
  • 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 8587

How courts have described this case

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

  • defendant’s right is “to effective counsel, not to counsel of his choice at any cost in terms of delay”
  • denial of substitution of counsel on day before trial was to start was not abuse of discretion where accused had plenty of time to substitute earlier and trial court considered request to be in bad faith
  • denial of substitution of counsel on day before trial was to start was not abuse of discretion where accused had plenty of time to substitute earlier and trial court considered request to be in bad faith

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Judges: Coffin, Mc-Entee, Campbell

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