OCHOA v. UNITED STATES

No. 18-10755.

45 F.4th 1293 (2022)

Fabio OCHOA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: August 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Carroll Klugh, Jr. , Law Office of Richard C. Klugh, Miami, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Yeney Hernandez , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Armando Raul Mendez , Anne Ruth Schultz, Jonathan Colan , Emily Smachetti , United Attorney Service, Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Service-SFL, Miami, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Brasher, Circuit Judge, and Altman, District Judge.


This appeal requires us to consider whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated when multiple attorneys represent him in plea negotiations with the government and one of them labors under a conflict of interest. In 1999, Fabio Ochoa-Vasquez, a Colombian native, was arrested in Colombia on drug...

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