IN RE STERLING-SUAREZ

No. 02-1907.

323 F.3d 1 (2003)

In re Quester STERLING-SUAREZ, Petitioner,

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Federal Public Defender, for petitioner.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

In April 2002, Quester Sterling-Suarez was indicted for federal crimes stemming from his alleged involvement in an armed car robbery in which one of the guards was killed. One of the charges permits the death penalty. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(j) (2000). He asked that "learned counsel" be appointed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3005 (2000); the statute specifies that two counsel, one of whom "shall be learned in the law applicable to capital...

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