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Supreme Court· 6/30/1988

Wheat v. United States

Citations

  • 486 U.S. 153
  • 108 S. Ct. 1692
  • 100 L. Ed. 2d 140
  • 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2306

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  • defendant may not insist on counsel who is not admitted or has an actual or serious potential conflict of interest
  • “The evaluation of the facts and circumstances of each case under [the actual conflict or serious potential for conflict standard] must be left primarily to the informed judgment of the trial court.”

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Judges: Kennedy, Marshall, O'ConnoR, Rehnquist, Scalia, Stevens, White

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