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STATE v. WATSON

No. 99-0264.

620 N.W.2d 233 (2000)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Nathan Blake WATSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing January 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Tricia A. Johnston, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General, and Connie S. Ricklefs, County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, Nathan Watson, was convicted of murdering his father. On appeal, he claims that the trial court should have sua sponte held a hearing on whether his trial counsel suffered from a conflict of interest based on counsel's dual representation of the defendant and a key prosecution witness. We agree that such a hearing was required under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Therefore, we reverse and remand.

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