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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 ...
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 ...
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.
2. Unless the law provides otherwise, when and to the extent that the legitimate exercise of a right would interfere with another person's right to have his communications with his lawyer kept confidential, the resulting conflict should be resolved in favour of protecting the confidentiality. 3.
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 ...
The joint defense privilege, or common-interest rule, is an extension of attorney–client privilege. [1] Under "common interest" or "joint defense" doctrine, parties with shared interest in actual or potential litigation against a common adversary may share privileged information without waiving their right to assert attorney–client privilege. [2]
Fred Daibes, the prominent North Jersey developer charged alongside Sen. Bob Menendez in alleged bribery scheme, faces a conflict of interest with the attorney who represents him in a New Jersey ...