Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States
DueProcess HabeasCorpus TradeSecret
I. Does it deny a defendant due process of law to disqualify trial counsel based on a purported conflict of interest following the ex parte consideration of the prosecution's evidence and without disclosing the names of the prosecution witnesses whom counsel allegedly previously had represented?
II. Does it deny a defendant the right to counsel of choice to disqualify trial counsel instead of allowing an independent, "walled-off" defense counsel to cross-examine any prosecution witness whom counsel previously had represented?
III. Does it deny a defendant the right to counsel of choice to disqualify trial counsel based on a purported conflict of interest due to counsel's prior representation of a potential witness whom the prosecution did not thereafter call to testify at trial?
Does it deny a defendant due process of law to disqualify trial counsel based on a purported conflict of interest following the ex parte consideration of the prosecution's evidence and without disclosing the names of the prosecution witnesses whom counsel allegedly previously had represented?