STATE v. DILLON

No. 94-2134.

74 Ohio St.3d 166 (1995)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. DILLON, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathias H. Heck, Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael L. Gebhart, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

David Goldberger and Anne M. Doyle, for appellant.


COOK, J.

The issue before the court is whether Dillon's appellate counsel was ineffective in failing to raise trial counsel's alleged conflict of interest in the appeal of his convictions. Because we find that Dillon's trial counsel did not represent competing interests, and that there was neither a possibility of a conflict of interest nor an actual conflict of interest, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Where there is a right to counsel, the...

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