SHONGUTSIE v. STATE

No. 90-269.

827 P.2d 361 (1992)

Lindberg SHONGUTSIE, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee E. Christian, Jostad Associates, Fort Collins, Colo., for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia L. Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary B. Guthrie, Jennifer L. Gimbel, Larry M. Donovan, Sr. Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, and GOLDEN, JJ., and BROWN, J., Ret.


THOMAS, Justice.

The essential issue that the court must resolve in this case is whether the representation of Lindberg Shongutsie (Shongutsie) and his wife, Rebecca Shongutsie, by the same attorney at a joint trial deprived Shongutsie of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. Collateral issues are presented involving the consent of Shongutsie to the joint representation; suppression by the State of discoverable materials; a claim of unlawful...

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