PEOPLE v. CORTEZ

3919, 6433/05.

85 A.D.3d 409 (2011)

923 N.Y.S.2d 544

2011 NY Slip Op 4595

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PAUL CORTEZ, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 2, 2011.


Defendant was not deprived of his right to conflict-free counsel. Defendant asserts that both of the attorneys who represented him at trial operated under conflicts between their own interests and those of their client. However, we find that, at most, only one attorney had a conflict, that defendant validly waived this conflict, and that there is no record evidence of prejudice.

At the outset of the trial, the court held...

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