John R. Hoffman v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• finding that an attorney labored under a conflict of interest when he cross-examined one client as an adverse witness in the related trial of another client
• finding conflict non- waivable where “a member of the public would be shocked to observe” the trial proceedings
• finding conflict non- waivable where “a member of the public would be shocked to observe” the trial proceedings
• “We recognize that a trial court has broad latitude to permit or prohibit multiple representation.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• defendant's trial counsel negotiated a cooperation agreement for defendant's coconspirator, under which coconspirator became star witness against defendant
• “A defendant cannot knowingly and intelligently waive what he does not know.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).