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By Shari Allison

US v. Evanson, -- F.3d --, 2009 WL 3336094 (10th Cir. 10/19/09) - district court acted well within its broad latitude in disqualifying Mr. Evanson's chosen counsel because of a serious potential conflict of interest and unsworn witness problems. Counsel had been involved in creating two letters that Mr. Evanson sent to participants in his tax scheme and the gov't might well have sought admission of those letters into evidence at trial on charges of conspiracy to commit tax fraud, tax evasion, and aiding and assisting in preparation of false income-tax returns.Crawley v. Dinwiddie, -- F.3d --, 2009 WL 3338332 (10th Cir. 10/19/09) - affirmance of denial of habeas relief. Okla court did not unreasonably apply Strickland by finding defense counsel was not ineffective in maintaining, consistent with Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on October 20, 2009 (boomark / email).