Opinion ID: 548450
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Disbarment

Text: 27 The district court discovered in the middle of Bosch's trial that Palacios had been disbarred from practice in the Central District of California and had not properly been readmitted. The court ordered Palacios to confer with his client, and the following day the court asked Bosch whether he wanted to continue with the trial being represented by Palacios. Bosch replied that he did. The court accepted Bosch's agreement to proceed and stated for the record: 28 that the defect, if there is any, in the representation is one that does not have any bearing on the conduct of Mr. Palacios in this trial. 29 It is my observation that he has very ably represented Mr. Bosch, so far, in this case. And I don't anticipate that it will be any different for the balance of the case. 30 RT at 5 (Nov. 7, 1986). The trial court found that Palacios was competent, Bosch was apprised of Palacios' disbarment, and he freely elected to proceed with Palacios' assistance. Under these circumstances, Palacios' disbarment has no effect on Bosch's burden under Strickland.