People v. Coslet

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the right to counsel “entitles the person represented to the undivided loyalty of counsel”
• finding per se conflict where attorney represented both the defendant in her trial for voluntary manslaughter of her husband and the administrator of the deceased husband’s estate
• finding a Stoval conflict where counsel simultaneously represented both the defendant in her trial for voluntary manslaughter of her husband and the administrator of the husband’s estate; the conflict raised the possibility that the estate would be enriched if the defendant was convicted
• conflict resulted in reversal even though attorney’s performance not before the court
• “allegations and proof of prejudice are unnecessary in cases where a defense counsel, without the knowledgeable assent of the defendant, might be restrained in fully representing the defendant’s interests due to his or her commitments to others”
• defense counsel simultaneously represented administrator of victim’s estate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).