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U.S. v. HUSTON

No. 01-1150.

280 F.3d 1164 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orpheus HUSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica N. O'Neil (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, WI, for U.S.

Rodney Cubbie (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Orpheus Huston.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Orpheus Huston of aiding and abetting in the distribution of cocaine base ("crack cocaine"). Huston appeals on the basis that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because the district court failed to conduct a proper inquiry into his request for new counsel. We affirm.

I. History

In late September of 1999, a registered FBI informant, Albert Perkins, contacted Dorrie...

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