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· 9/6/1977

United States v. Scott Donahue

Citations

  • 560 F.2d 1039
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11673

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  • attorneys hired at the insistence of older co-defendant for whose benefit defense strategy allegedly tailored
  • attorneys hired at the insistence of older co-defendant for whose benefit defense strategy allegedly tailored
  • prejudice not improbable when one of the two defendants being jointly represented manifested a desire to testify on his own behalf, the evidence was weaker against him than against the other defendant, and he might have been able to divorce himself from his codefendant

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Judges: Coffin, Campbell

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