· 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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