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BRIDGES v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-2569.

794 F.2d 1189 (1986)

Roy Robert BRIDGES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Morano, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Debarah Watson, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

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

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

If we accept petitioner Bridges' allegations about his retained trial counsel, J.C.,1 which we do only for the purposes of this case, his trial counsel would appear to be as guilty as Bridges of wrongful acts interrelated with the cocaine charges to which Bridges pleaded guilty. That involvement created a conflict for his lawyer which Bridges argues robbed him of his Sixth Amendment right to the effective...

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