U.S. v. BERGMAN

No. 08-1472.

599 F.3d 1142 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gwen BERGMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alleen VanBebber, of McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

John Hutchins, Assistant United States Attorney (David M. Gaouette, Acting United States Attorney, David M. Conner, Assistant United States Attorney, and Gregory Holloway, Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the brief), CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HOLMES, BALDOCK, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


SILER, Circuit Judge.

Gwen Bergman has had a long and complicated history before this court and the District of Colorado. Upon remand after she successfully appealed her original conviction based on a plea agreement, the district court found her incompetent to stand trial. She then retained Howard O. Kieffer who had never been a licensed attorney. He represented Bergman when the court declared that she was competent and...

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