STATE v. BELCHER

No. 1980.

106 Ariz. 170 (1970)

472 P.2d 39

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Joe BELCHER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Division.

July 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Carl Waag, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Cunningham, Tiffany, Weltsch, Hurley & Scott, by Michael E. Hurley, Phoenix, for appellant.


UDALL, Justice.

This is a delayed appeal from appellant's conviction in 1968 of the crime of robbery. The single issue presented is whether, because of his counsel's conflict of interest, the appellant was denied effective assistance of counsel, guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Appellant was arrested in 1967 along with three other individuals, Billy Joe Thompson, Clifton Williams and Leslie Hollingsworth...

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