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U.S. v. STEELE

No. 12-30005.

733 F.3d 894 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edgar J. STEELE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 24, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Riordan (argued); Donald M. Horgan , Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Syrena C. Hargrove (argued); Wendy J. Olson , United States Attorney, Boise, ID, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, MARY H. MURGUIA, and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

CHRISTEN, Circuit Judge:

This opinion considers when a trial court should determine the merits of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim presented in a prejudgment motion for a new trial. A federal jury convicted Edgar Steele of murder-for-hire and victim tampering arising from Steele's plan to kill his wife and mother-in-law.1 Steele argues that the district court erred by denying his prejudgment motion for new trial...

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