State v. Bacon

The opinion of the court was delivered by Stegall, J.:

*1050 Scot E. Bacon II petitioned for review of the Court of Appeals' holding that his pro se motion quoting KRPC 1.3 of the Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct (KRPC) (2019 Kan. S. Ct. R. 298) did not trigger the Sedgwick County District Court's duty to inquire into a potential conflict between Bacon and his appointed attorney. We assume error but affirm because Bacon retained new counsel for trial; he does not claim his trial attorney was ineffective; and he has not otherwise identified any prejudice flowing from the error. In short, Bacon…