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TITLE | Supreme Court Decision 2015Do9951 Decided December 23, 2015¡¼Contempt¤ýAssault¤ýBodily Harm¤ýDefamation¡½ [full Text] |
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[1] Meaning of the constitutionally guaranteed ¡°right to have the assistance of counsel,¡± and whether the State¡¯s obligation to guarantee the defendant¡¯s right to have the assistance of a public defender includes the obligation to allow the defendant to have the substantial assistance of a public defender (affirmative) [2] In cases where, on the face of the facts charged, an argument favorable to one defendant causes unfavorable consequences to another defendant, whether there is a conflict of interests among the co-defendants (affirmative) / In cases where one of the defendants (¡°D1¡±), whose interests conflict with those of the other defendant (¡°D2¡±), retained as her counsel a law firm, which in turn assigned the case to a team of attorneys, whether the court infringes on D2¡¯s right to have the assistance of a public defender by appointing one or more of the attorneys assigned for D1 as D2¡¯s public defender (affirmative) |