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BRIEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-1387.

695 F.2d 10 (1982)

James A. BRIEN, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Brien on brief pro se.

William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., and Charles K. Mone, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., on brief for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

James A. Brien appeals from the district court's denial of his petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate sentence. Brien was convicted after a trial at which he was represented by an attorney who belonged to the same law firm as the attorney of a co-defendant. Asserting that this constituted a conflict of interest, Brien contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in violation of the sixth amendment...

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