U.S. v. NGUYEN

No. 00-10272

262 F.3d 998 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Trung Tran NGUYEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 28, 2001


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Trapp, Howard Trapp Inc., Hagatna, Guam, for the defendant-appellant.

Frederick A. Black, U.S. Attorney, Districts of Guam and NMI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: Eugene A. Wright, Herbert Y. C. Choy, and Warren J. Ferguson, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

Trung Tran Nguyen (Nguyen) was convicted by a jury of three methamphetamine offenses, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 960, 952(a), 841(a)(1), 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. We hold that Nguyen was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and we reverse the judgment of the District Court.

I.

At the pretrial conference, Anthony Camacho, a private defense attorney, informed the District Judge that...

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