In Re Billie J. Allen

Two-part Question: Whether federal statute 18 U.S.C.S. 3599 commands a court to conduct an inquiry and .substitute counsel when counsel and the accused inform the court on multiple occasions that counsel should have been substituted several months before trial, and if so, whether a court denying both denies theaccused the right to conflict-free and effective assistance of counsel. * This question involved capital case proceedings.