U.S. v. ELLIOT

No. 04-10571.

444 F.3d 1187 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Basho ELLIOT, a.k.a. Bosch Elliot, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Vodnoy (argued) and Joseph F. Walsh, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Edward H. Kubo, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Beverly Wee Sameshima, Assistant U.S. Attorney (argued), Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before MYRON H. BRIGHT, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Basho Elliot is charged with cocaine offenses. At jury trial, during cross-examination of a defense witness, an apparent conflict of interest arose involving Elliot's lead counsel, who appeared to have previously represented one of the defendant's key witnesses in connection with relevant matters. Elliot and his counsel refused to acknowledge whether or not a conflict existed and generally...

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