Does a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel include a right to loyal assistance?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Alvarez, 14 Cal.4th 155, 58 Cal.Rptr.2d 385, 926 P.2d 365 (Cal. 1996):
A defendant's Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel also includes a right to loyal assistance. (See, e.g., People v. Bonin (1989) 47 Cal.3d 808, 834, 254 Cal.Rptr. 298, 765 P.2d 460 [holding that included in the right to counsel "is 'a correlative right to representation that is free from conflicts of interest ...' "].) For these purposes too, "counsel" may embrace an attorney's agent, such as an interpreter.
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