UNITED STATES v. WELTY

No. 81-1608.

674 F.2d 185 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America v. WELTY, John Jacob, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Arseneault, Robinson, Wayne & Greenberg, Newark, N. J., for appellant.

William W. Robertson, U. S. Atty., Samuel Rosenthal, Asst. U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

John Jacob Welty, the defendant-appellant in this case, claims that he did not knowingly and intelligently waive his sixth amendment right to counsel when he was tried and convicted for bank robbery. He thus seeks a new trial.

The waiver-of-counsel issue, which we have encountered before in United States v. McFadden, 630 F.2d 963 (3d Cir. 1980), cert. denied,<...

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