United States v. Chaim Levy

JON 0. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal primarily concerns problems stemming from a criminal defendant’s representation by an attorney subject to various conflicts of interest. Chaim Levy appeals from the April 12, 1993, judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge), convicting him, after a jury trial, on five counts of conspiring to possess and possessing heroin with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846 (1988). On appeal, Levy challenges his conviction and sentence on numerous grounds, his most…