BEARD v. COM.

No. 2008-SC-000079-DG.

302 S.W.3d 643 (2010)

Charles Brent BEARD, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

January 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Brandon Pigg, Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Jack Conway, Attorney General, Kenneth Wayne Riggs, Joshua D. Farley, Assistant Attorneys General, Attorney General's Office, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice NOBLE.

Appellant, Charles Brent Beard, appeals the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming his conviction for drug trafficking. He raises only one assignment of error: that his appointed trial counsel had a sufficient conflict of interests that the trial court's failure to appoint different counsel constituted reversible error. This Court agrees that the trial court erred and therefore reverses.

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