Legal Opinion
United States v. Judge
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided January 9, 1986No. Crim. 85-1914PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AFFIRMING MAGISTRATE
SAMUEL P. KING, Senior District Judge.
On November 20, 1985, Magistrate Bert S. Tokairin entered an order denying the government’s motion to disqualify the Office of the Federal Public Defender [“Federal Defender”] from representing the defendant in this action. The government appeals from that decision.
The government’s concern stems from the Federal Defender’s former representation of a client who will be a crucial prosecution witness in the current case. In 1984, Assistant Federal Public Defender Yvonne Chotzen represented a client named Philip Henri at his guilty…
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