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11th Cir. to Rehear Garey En Banc - Could Spell Trouble for the 6th Amendment

By Adam Levin, Benjamin Goldberg, and Garrett Nail

I wrote about U.S. v. Garey here.  The 11th Circuit has agreed to an en banc rehearing.  Garey, who was eventually convicted of charges related to a number of bomb threats,  had expressed concerns with his then lawyer, who worked in one of the buildings he was alleged to have threatened.  The Court asked him if he wanted to continue pro se or with his current lawyer, who Garey believed to be acting in conflict.  Garey stated he wanted a conflict-free counsel.  Gar read more

Full post as published by Southern Criminal Law and Justice on August 16, 2007 (boomark / email).