Legal Opinion
United States v. Andrew Michael Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1981No. 80-5220PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
The defendant, Andrew Michael Smith, appeals an order of the district court disqualifying his attorney, V. Edward Jennings, Jr., from representing him in a trial on charges of conducting an illegal gambling business. Since we discern no impropriety or appearance of impropriety in the representation, the district court’s ruling is reversed.
Jennings was an assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from August 1974 until September 1978. In 1976, he supervised the investigation and trial of Smith on a charge of conducting an illegal gambling…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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