POSTED: Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 1:00 am

BY: dmc-admin

Criminal ProcedureCounsel of choiceIt was error to disqualify a defendant's attorney, merely because he also represented a co-conspirator."Here, the district court disqualified Baris based on the possibility that Womack might cooperate against Turner or vice versa. But this possibility for conflict is present in nearly every case of joint representation. The district court's analysis disregarded ...