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Supreme Court of Iowa· 11/22/1995

State v. Brooks

Citations

  • 540 N.W.2d 270
  • 1995 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 248
  • 1995 WL 699850

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  • noting that to succeed on a challenge to the denial of substitute counsel, “[a] defendant must ordinarily show prejudice, unless . . . counsel has a conflict of interest”
  • requiring defendant to establish prejudice in case in which no objection was made to evidence tags at trial
  • finding no prejudice in counsel’s failure “to secure appointment of an expert witness to testify to the problems of ‘cross-racial identification’” because the court made it clear the testimony would have been disallowed
  • noting that district court has substantial discretion
  • “A defendant [challenging the denial of a motion to substitute counsel] must ordinarily show prejudice, unless he has been denied counsel or counsel has a conflict of interest.”
  • motion to withdraw as counsel

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Judges: McGiverin, Larson, Lavorato, Neuman, Andreasen

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