DUNCAN v. MORTON

No. 99-5551.

256 F.3d 189 (2001)

Edward Lamonte DUNCAN, v. Willis MORTON, Administrator; Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, John J. Farmer, Jr. Edward L. Duncan, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arza R. Feldman, Steven A. Feldman (Argued), Feldman & Feldman Hauppauge, NY, Attorneys for Appellant.

Robert L. Cerefice (Argued), Office of County Prosecutor, and Donald C. Campolo, Assistant Attorney General, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, Newark, NJ, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: SLOVITER, ROTH, and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Edward Duncan appeals from the order of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He argues that the court should have granted the writ because trial counsel had a conflict of interest and was otherwise ineffective. He also contends the trial court gave an erroneous accomplice charge which infected the entire trial. The issues raised and the procedural posture in which they...

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