United States v. Alan Wayne Reese

This is an appeal by the defendant Reese from an order of the district court granting the government’s motion to disqualify Reese’s retained counsel. We reverse the order of the district court and remand for further proceedings.

Alan Wayne Reese was jointly indicted with Larry Holyfield and Joseph T. Holy-field for armed bank robbery. The magistrate to whom the case was assigned appointed the federal defender office to represent Reese after he filed an affidavit of indigency. At the time of Reese’s arraignment an attorney, Jeffrey L. Edison, appeared with him as retained counsel. The…