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To add to the obvious conflict, Arcia’s guilty plea for consent judgment says he admitted at a hearing that he didn’t get a conflict waiver from Williams. That seemed to be a habit.
COD leader Martha Garcia said the college agreed to a waiver, and the decision now rests with the law firm. The firm says the COD board has not decided. Palm Springs, COD still in limbo over ...
Aug. 16—EDITOR'S NOTE — The story has been updated to add a statement from Carl Gibson and clarify the nature of a residential property. Local attorney Stan Ward file a motion to recuse ...
A Marsden motion is the only means by which a criminal defendant can fire a court-appointed attorney or communicate directly with a judge in a California state court. [1] It is based on a defendant's claim that the attorney is providing ineffective assistance or has a conflict with the defendant.
For example, in 1990, U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh recused himself from an investigation due to his connection with a subject involved in the case. [33] On March 2, 2017, Jeff Sessions , Attorney General of the U.S. , recused himself while the department investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election due to concerns over his ...
As stated in Brewer v.Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), the right to counsel "means at least that a person is entitled to the help of a lawyer at or after the time that judicial proceedings have been initiated against him, 'whether by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment. ' " [2] Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversarial proceedings have begun ...
The failure to raise ineffective assistance on direct appeal does not waive defendants' ability to raise it in habeas review, [32] whether concerning the trial lawyer's performance or the appellate lawyer's performance, because the requirement for effective assistance of counsel applies during the defendant's direct appeal as well. [33]
The special counsel prosecuting former President Trump’s handling of government secrets has asked for a hearing on possible conflicts among lawyers.