Witherspoon v. United States

ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant James D. Witherspoon appeals his conviction of a single count of possession of heroin, D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(l) (1988 Repl.), on the grounds that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel where the trial judge failed to conduct inquiries into whether defense counsel had an actual conflict of interest with appellant and had adequately prepared appellant’s case.

In Singley v. United States, 548 A.2d 780 (D.C.1988), the court stated that when the trial judge fails to conduct an inquiry after being apprised of the possibility of a conflict of interest on the…