United States v. Garcia

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated cases we review a district court’s disqualification of three criminal defense attorneys because of apparent conflicts of interest. The central question concerns a criminal defendant’s right to retain counsel of his own choice even though the trial court considers such counsel to be disqualified because of a conflict of interest. The distinctive aspect of this case is that the defendants do not seek to waive the right to counsel. Rather they seek to waive the Sixth Amendment guarantees which might otherwise protect them in circumstances adjudged by…