United States v. Baisden

Defendant, pursuant to a plea agreement, plead guilty to aiding and abetting tax evasion. On appeal, defendant asserted that the district court denied him his Sixth Amendment right to counsel of his choice. The court concluded that the district court properly reviewed defendant's request for new counsel and correctly denied it; defendant's attempted withdrawal of his guilty plea had no factual or legal support to justify granting it; on the other hand, there was ample support for concluding that defendant's counsel provided defendant competent, effective assistance of counsel, and therefore, the court found no abuse of discretion and affirmed the judgment. View "United States v. Baisden" on Justia Law