Baldassare Amato v. United States
1. Under what circumstances is the automatic
reversal rule from the decision in Holloway U.
Arkansas, 435 U.S. 475, 484 (1978) triggered after
Mickels?
2. Does Sixth Amendment analysis under Cuyler U.
Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980) apply to both successive
and concurrent conflicts - a question expressly left
open by this Court in Mickels?
3. Under what circumstances is an evidentiary
hearing required when a claim sel based on a conflict
of interests is raised?
4. Does a showing of "adverse effect" under Cuyler U.
Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980) require proof that a
plausible alternative strategy expressly was foregone
because of the conflict under which counsel was
operating or is it sufficient to show that it was
inherently in conflict with the attorney's duties to the
other client?
Whether Sixth Amendment analysis under Cuyler v. Sullivan applies to both successive and concurrent conflicts