United States v. Frank James and Wallace Rice

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Frank James and Wallace Rice appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 555 F.Supp. 794, Dudley B. Bonsal, Judge, disqualifying their attorneys in a pending criminal prosecution. The four-count indictment charges James and Rice principally with possession of narcotics and diluents, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 844 (1976), and with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(A). When the…