U.S. v. SOTO HERNANDEZ

No. 86-1827.

849 F.2d 1325 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector SOTO HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tova Indritz, Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, N.M., for defendant-appellant.

David N. Williams, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M. (William L. Lutz, U.S. Atty., and Mark D. Jarmie, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LOGAN, ANDERSON, and TACHA, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Hector Soto Hernandez was convicted of two counts each of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Soto argues that he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and he seeks a new trial on this ground. The district court denied the defendant's new trial motion. We affirm.

Soto was arrested on November...

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