Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Spillone v. United States

498 U.S. 878

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1990-10-01
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • noting intracircuit conflict on standard of review, and holding that because dismissals of indictments involve mixed questions of fact and law, de novo standard is appropriate.
  • name of each and every party taking appeal must be included in notice of appeal
  • “The defendant must ... ‘demonstrate an actual conflict of interest which adversely affected his attorney’s performance’ to obtain relief.”

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice White would grant certiorari.