Schaff v. State

How courts have described this case

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• reversing disqualification of counsel because, although the State identified counsel as a potential witness at trial, other witnesses were available to testify to the same facts
• reversing a disqualification order because the mother and attorney’s assistant were both present for the event and could testify to the circumstances surrounding a child’s statement to the attorney
• reversing a disqualification order 13 because the mother and attorney’s assistant were both present for the event and could testify to the circumstances surrounding a child’s statement to the attorney
• the curtailment of an individual’s right to counsel of choice is to be approached with great caution, and the trial court is vested with the discretion to determine whether to disqualify counsel
• the curtailment of an individual’s right to counsel of choice is to be approached with great caution, and the trial court is vested with the discretion to determine whether to disqualify counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).