PEOPLE v. ALICEA


61 N.Y.2d 23 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carmelo Alicea, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joann R. Blasberg for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Andrew J. Frackman and Bruce Allen of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, WACHTLER, MEYER and KAYE concur with Judge JONES; Chief Judge COOKE concurs in result in a separate opinion; Judge SIMONS taking no part.


JONES, J.

Defendant was not denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel because his attorney had previously also represented a codefendant (giving rise to a potential conflict of interest) where, following a posttrial hearing, the trial court determined that such prior representation had not affected the attorney's representation of defendant.

On September 8, 1976, while defendant...

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