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U.S. v. MAZZAFERRO

No. 87-1559.

865 F.2d 450 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kenneth Lee MAZZAFERRO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Craft, Boston, Mass., by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant.

Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., San Juan, P.R., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Kenneth Lee Mazzaferro appeals his guilty verdict and sentence stemming from charges related to marijuana possession. He claims that (i) his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was denied because of a conflict of interest resulting from his lawyer also being one of the lawyers of a co-defendant who entered into a plea agreement and testified against him at trial, and (ii) that the unduly harsh sentence...

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