MOUNTJOY v. WARDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON

No. 00-1735.

245 F.3d 31 (2001)

Keith MOUNTJOY, Petitioner, Appellant, v. WARDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Sheehan for appellant.

Ann M. Rice, Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Philip T. McLaughlin, Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire, was on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Habeas corpus petitioner Keith Mountjoy argues that his convictions for sexual assault and burglary must be set aside because the New Hampshire judge who presided over his trial did not advise him about his defense counsel's possible conflict of interest and make an appropriate inquiry on the record, thereby violating his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Federal review of habeas petitions is governed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death...

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