Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Chang Kui JIANG, Defendant, Peter A. Mahiques, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1999-04-13
Citations: 172 F.3d 237
Docket Number: No. 97-1245
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Chang Kui JIANG, Defendant, Peter A. Mahiques, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KEARSE, WALKER, Circuit Judges, WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 172
Pages: 223-237–238

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Chang Kui JIANG, Defendant, Peter A. Mahiques, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 97-1245.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
April 13, 1999.
Before KEARSE, WALKER, Circuit Judges, WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
The Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, Senior District Court Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
In our initial decision in this case, we noted that
even were the trial court to find that Jiang's attorney might have had an interest in keeping him from testifying at [Mahiques's] trial, this would arguably present a conflict of interest only if appellant, represented by a conflict-free attorney, might have found it useful for Jiang to testify.
Jiang, 140 F.3d at 127-28. On remand, the district court held that "[A] thorough review of the record reveals that Jiang could not serve as a 'useful' witness to any defense attorney, regardless of whether the attorney was or was not laboring under a conflict of interest." Mahiques, 29 F.Supp.2d at 173.
Given the district court's supplementation of the record, we now affirm the district court's finding that no conflict of interest existed.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.