California Court of Appeal· 12/12/1990

People v. Singer

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226 Cal. App. 3d 23
275 Cal. Rptr. 911
90 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9062
90 Daily Journal DAR 14174
1990 Cal. App. LEXIS 1316

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finding conflict of interest resulting from defendant’s attorney’s undisclosed sexual relationship with defendant's wife deprived defendant of effective assistance of counsel and entitled him to new trial
the attorney’s former secretary found, copied, and took to the state bar love letters that the client’s wife sent to the attorney, but received no response
ample evidence of required showing of \informed speculation\ that counsel's affair with client's wife adversely affected the conduct of murder case in which wife was also a suspect, supported trial judge's granting of a new trial

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