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UNITED STATES v. MARRERA

No. 83-1711, 84-1692.

768 F.2d 201 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph MARRERA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Lawrence Rosenthal, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 26, 1985.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendant Marrera's guilt is clear, but so is his trial counsel's serious breach of ethics which created at least a potential conflict of interest. The impact of counsel's ethical breach on his representation of Marrera and on the jury's guilty verdict is the principal issue.

Defendant and his conspiring friends made off one October weekend in 1974 with 4.3...

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