Noble v. Eicher

These cases involve petitions for writs of prohibition directed to the respondent Edward C. Eicher as judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia in Criminal Case No. 73086, United States v. McWilliams et al., 54 F.Supp. 791. Each petitioner alleges that the respondent has ordered him to be represented by a lawyer in the criminal trial who also represents an additional defendant, and that there is a conflict of interest between the two defendants. Each petitioner alleges further that he has not been permitted to have counsel of his own choice. Each petitioner…