Mendez-Sanchez
United States v. Mendez-Sanchez
Opinion
Opinion
Gould, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 08-30044 v. D.C. No. ROBERTO MENDEZ-SANCHEZ, aka CR-06-00425-MJP- Carlos Lopez; aka Alberto; aka 003 Pecas; aka Beto, OPINION Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted March 11, 2009—Seattle, Washington
Filed April 23, 2009
Before: William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Gould
4721 4724 UNITED STATES v. MENDEZ-SANCHEZ
COUNSEL
Nancy L. Talner, Seattle, Washington, for appellant Roberto Mendez-Sanchez. UNITED STATES v. MENDEZ-SANCHEZ 4725 Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Helen J. Brunner, and Matthew D. Diggs, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Seattle, Washington, for appellee United States of America.
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
We consider the relationship between a motion to substitute counsel and an invocation of a defendant’s Faretta rights. We…