United States v. John P. Moscony

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• holding that a conflict of interest exists where a potential defense would implicate an attorney’s other clients in crimes for which they might later be indicted
• holding that application of Guidelines did not violate the ex post facto clause because RICO offense was a “straddle” crime that continued before and after the effective date of the Guidelines
• noting that disqualified defense counsel had proceeded with conflicting representation “despite several warnings from the government that the multiple representation might pose a conflict of interest”
• noting that defense counsel continued his representation of the defendant “despite several warnings from the government that the multiple representation might pose a conflict of interest”
• observing that “ ‘an attorney who cross-examines former clients inherently encounters divided loyalties’ ”
• reviewing disqualification of defendant’s attorney aimed, in part, at protecting rights of several government witnesses attorney represented at grand jury

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