PEOPLE v. PERNA

Docket No. 7,776.

23 Mich. App. 507 (1970)

179 N.W.2d 43

PEOPLE v. PERNA

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Thomas G. Plunkett, Prosecuting Attorney, and Dennis Donohue, Chief Appellate Counsel, for the people.

Campbell, Lee, Kurzman & Leitman, for defendant.

Before: GILLIS, P.J., and DANHOF and O'HARA, JJ.


DANHOF, J.

The sole question raised on this appeal is,

"Whether the appointment of one attorney to represent two or more co-defendants without the trial court first making an independent affirmative determination that shared counsel will not prejudice the defendants is an abridgement of a defendant's right to the effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the sixth amendment of the United States Constitution?"

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