Is there a conflict of interest between counsel and counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Tallagua, 174 Cal.App.3d 145, 219 Cal.Rptr. 754 (Cal. App. 1985):
We find the possibility of a conflict of interest was not sufficiently apparent to impose upon the court a duty to inquire further. (See Wood v. Georgia (1981) 450 U.S. 261, 272, 101 S.Ct. 1097, 1103, 67 L.Ed.2d 220.) Defense counsel, out of a
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