United States v. Jerome Zillges

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• if a defendant is still afforded adequate representation, an erroneous denial of a motion for substitution is not prejudicial and is therefore harmless
• to meet first part of ineffective assistance claim, defendant must demonstrate that the performance of his attorney was not within the range of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases
• inquiry insufficient where judge ignored defendant’s letter until morning of trial and then failed to ascertain why defendant was unhappy with attorney
• request made one month before trial did not “represent! ] a tactic to secure a continuance on the eve of trial”
• finding motion made approximately one month prior to trial timely
• in evaluating motion to substitute counsel, court must consider several fac- tors, including “whether the conflict between the defendant and his counsel was so great that it resulted in a total lack of communication preventing an adequate defense”

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