CHURCHMAN v. DORSEY

No. 23241.

919 P.2d 1076 (1996)

122 N.M. 11

Jesse R. CHURCHMAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Donald DORSEY, Warden, SNMCF, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Marcia J. Milner, Asst. Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Appellant.

The Holmes Law Firm, Todd A. Holmes, Alamogordo, for Appellee.


OPINION

FROST, Chief Justice.

1. Petitioner-Appellee, Jesse Churchman, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel based on his attorneys' alleged conflict of interest. After an evidentiary hearing the trial court granted Churchman's requested writ. We now reverse.

I. FACTS

2. In April 1991, Churchman was convicted on five felony charges: distribution...

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