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THE FACT THAT DEFENSE COUNSEL WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HEARD A PROSECUTION WITNESS RECANT HIS IDENTIFICATION OF THE DEFENDANT AS THE SHOOTER CREATED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PEOPLE’S APPLICATION TO RELIEVE DEFENSE COUNSEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the trial judge should have granted the People’s application to relieve defense counsel. Defense counsel had interviewed a prosecution witness alone. During the interview the witness had recanted his identification of the defendant as the shooter. Defendant wanted defense counsel to continue representing him but did not waive the conflict:

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… [D]efense counsel’s actions of interviewing the prosecution’s main witness alone and being the only person who could testify to the witness’s recantation of his identification of the defendant as a shooter created an actual conflict of interest. Defense counsel was faced with the choice of testifying on behalf of his client, which would result in his disqualification, or not presenting evidence of an exculpatory statement … . Under the circumstances, especially in light of the defendant’s refusal to waive any conflict, the County Court erred in denying the People’s application to relieve defense counsel. People v Lawrence, 2017 NY Slip Op 08538, Second Dept 12-6-17

 

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