UNITED STATES v. YAMASHITA

No. 75-1941.

527 F.2d 954 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert R. YAMASHITA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard G. Trapp (argued), Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant.

James H. Daffer, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Agana, Guam, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and RENFREW,, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

1. Appellant was not deprived of his right to counsel. After repeated extensions of the trial date to allow appellant to retain counsel, and after a final warning that trial would commence two weeks later, appellant appeared without counsel, announcing that he wished to represent himself. The only explanation offered by appellant for his failure to secure counsel was that the particular lawyer he wished to retain was otherwise committed...

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