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STATE v. MAUGHAN

Nos. 20060189, 20060216.

182 P.3d 903 (2008)

2008 UT 27

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff, Appellee, and Cross-Petitioner, v. Wade MAUGHAN, Defendant, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Thomas B. Brunker, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, Brad C. Smith, H. Thomas Stevenson, Ogden, Benjamin C. Rasmussen, Draper, for plaintiff.

Richard P. Mauro, Scott C. Williams, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

Kent R. Hart, Salt Lake City, for amicus Utah Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

NEHRING, Justice:

¶ 1 In this appeal, we consider whether the district court exceeded its discretion when it required Wade Maughan, a defendant in a capital murder case, to discharge one of his two court-appointed lawyers after the State moved to have them disqualified because of their alleged conflicts of interest. Both the State and Mr. Maughan were unhappy with the district court's ruling: the State because it believed...

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