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STATE v. LOYAL

753 A.2d 1073 (2000)

164 N.J. 418

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John LOYAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Smith, Jr., Assistant Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Gerard C. Sims, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff-respondent (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

The opinion of the court was delivered by STEIN, J.

This appeal requires us to determine whether it is an abuse of discretion for a trial court in a murder trial to declare a mistrial after discovering that defendant's counsel previously represented a significant State witness. We hold that in the context of this prosecution for a drug-related homicide and other offenses defense counsel's recent representation on drug charges of a material, recanting State's witness...

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