In re Esquirol

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• defense counsel’s belief, unsupportedhy any court ruling, that conflict of interest existed did not justify counsel’s refusal to obey court’s order to proceed
• public defender properly found in direct criminal contempt for refusing to proceed with trial even though defender had good faith belief that conflict of interest impacting defendant’s constitutional right to counsel prevented him from going forward
• public defender properly found in direct criminal contempt for refusing to proceed with trial even though defender had good faith belief that conflict of interest impacting defendant's constitutional right to counsel prevented him from going forward

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