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023970P.pdf   12/18/2003  United States  v.  George Gutierrez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-3970
   District of Minnesota   
   Criminal case - criminal law. When defendant's stand-by counsel was 
   approached by defendant's wife about her participation as a witness, the 
   attorney was permitted under Minnesota Rule of Professional Conduct 
   4.3 to advise her that she should seek her own counsel, and his actions in 
   doing so did not violate defendant's right to represent himself. Dissent 
   by Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold.