Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Flanagan, James Keweshan, Sidney Landis and Thomas McNamee
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 2, 1982No. 81-3116PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents questions concerning the power of a district court to disqualify joint counsel for criminal defendants under a recently enacted section of Rule 44, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. After finding that a conflict of interest was very likely to arise, that each defendant was aware of the potential conflicts, and that each defendant had voluntarily and intelligently chosen to waive any claim of conflict of interest, the district court, 527 F.Supp. 902, ruled that it need not accept the defendants’ waiver and proceeded to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- United States v. John P. MosconyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
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