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U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 90-2452.

954 F.2d 1015 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leroy JOHNSON, Carol Diane Tilley, and Lester Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vance D. Paton, Corpus Christi, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Leroy Johnson.

Nancy M. Simonson, Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Lester Johnson.

Kathlyn G. Snyder, Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Attys., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge, and KAZEN, District Judge.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Lester Johnson, Leroy Johnson, and Carol Diane Tilley were convicted of multiple crimes arising from drug activities in a Corpus Christi hotel owned by Lester Johnson. Lester Johnson argues here that the government violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel by sending a government informant to question him after he had been indicted and obtained counsel. We agree and reverse his convictions and remand for a new...

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