Corral

United States v. Corral

Good Law
58 F. App'x 271
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 23, 2003No. 00-10604; D.C. No. CR-95-05197-RECCalifornia857 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Defendant Corral was sentenced in November 1996 for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. On appeal in April 1999, we remanded the case for re-sentencing. Corral was re-sentenced in November 2000. Corral now claims that 1) the trial court should have conducted an on-the-record inquiry into his assertion of an attorney-client conflict and that the trial court’s referral of the change-of-counsel motion to defense counsel did not satisfy the court’s inquiry obligation; 2) the trial court lost jurisdiction by failing to inquire into the attorney-client conflict; 3) the trial court committed reversible error by asking defense counsel whether the defendant was guilty of the charge to which he was pleading guilty; 4) defense counsel violated his Sixth Amendment right by stating that Corral was guilty of the charge to which he was pleading guilty; and 5) the prosecution violated his due process rights when it allowed perjury at the resentencing hearing.

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Corral did not raise his challenges surrounding the trial court’s failure to rule on the change-of-counsel motion to the trial court. Instead, Corral stated to the trial court at his change-of-plea hearing in May…

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