STATE v. JENKINS

No. 70,958

257 Kan. 1074 (1995)

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. WALTER L. JENKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, argued the cause, and Max Rowinsky, assistant appellate defender, was with her on the brief for appellant.

No appearance by appellee.

Charles D. Dedmon, of Topeka, was on the brief for amicus curiae the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

DAVIS, J.:

This case comes before us on defendant's petition for review of his conviction for sale of cocaine. He argued before the Court of Appeals that his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated because of his trial counsel's conflict of interest. The Court of Appeals acknowledged that a conflict of interest existed and that there had been no waiver of the conflict of interest by the...

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