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183085P.pdf 03/31/2020 United States v. Oren Paris, III
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-3085
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Kelly and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant did not have standing to asset a
violation of another defendant's attorney-client relationship as the Sixth
Amendment right to counsel is personal to each defendant; nor can
defendant show that any violation of the co-defendant's rights affected
his right to a fair trial; claim regarding co-defendant's decision to
provide government with tapes the co-defendant had made rejected as the
government never directed the co-defendant to gather any information on
defendant, and without evidence of such action, defendant could not raise
Fifth or Sixth Amendment claims; investigating agent's decision to erase
his laptop's hard drive did not entitle defendant to dismissal, as
defendant's argument that the hard drive contained exculpatory evidence -
and evidence different than that he already had - is speculation.