PEOPLE v. ENGLISH


88 N.Y.2d 30 (1996)

665 N.E.2d 1056

643 N.Y.S.2d 16

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Troy English, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malvina Nathanson, New York City, for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Jane S. Meyers and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.


SIMONS, J.

This is a conflict of interest case in which defendant's former counsel became employed by the District Attorney while the prosecution of defendant was pending. The principal issue presented is whether that circumstance requires a reversal of his conviction. We conclude that it does not.

Defendant was charged in one indictment with three unrelated counts...

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