U.S. v. ALLEN

No. 84-4360.

831 F.2d 1487 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Arthur Andrew ALLEN, Defendant/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Bauman, AUSA, Portland, Or., for plaintiff/appellee.

Hoffman, Matasar & Glaeser, Lawerence Matasar, Portland, Or., for defendant/appellant.

Before FLETCHER and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and AGUILAR, District Judge.


AGUILAR, District Judge:

The defense of this marijuana smuggling case illuminates the serious constitutional and ethical problems facing lawyers who represent multiple co-defendants, or who orchestrate a joint defense or plea negotiation among several co-conspirators.1 The Boston criminal defense firm of Oteri & Weinberg spearheaded the defense of the seventeen co-defendants here.

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