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United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez,
No. 03-3487 (8th Cir., March 8, 2005): Winner!!! Defendant denied the right to be represented by his counsel of choice when the district court denied pro hac vice status to the out-of-state lawyer for purported ethical violations. The Eighth Circuit joined the majority of circuits and held that this error is not subject to harmless error analysis and warrants automatic reversal(!) Very good discussion of this topic.
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United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez,
No. 05-352 (U.S., June 26, 2006): Counsel of Choice: Deprivation of the right to counsel of choice is structural error that mandates automatic reversal.
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