Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/1/1982

State v. Bell

Citations

447 A.2d 525
90 N.J. 163
1982 N.J. LEXIS 2148

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holding that the private law firm analogy is inappropriate and that public defender conflicts of interest should be determined on a case-by-case basis under the standards articulated in Strickland
adopting per se disqualification rule in eases where a public defender is required to attack the trial competence of another public defender; case-by-case rule for other types of conflict of interest
approving rejection of per se disqualification in favor of showing conflict case by case
refusing to apply Bellucci’s per se rule to public defenders, but holding that if “the circumstances demonstrate a potential conflict of interest and a significant likelihood of prejudice, the presumption of both an actual conflict of interest and actual prejudice will arise”
no presumption of prejudice arising solely from multiple representation of codefend-ants by attorneys from same public defender office
multiple representation in the same criminal action by a public defender’s office does not in itself give rise to a presumption of prejudice

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Judges: O'Hern, Handler, Pashman

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