Daugherty v. State

BURNETT, Judge.

Two questions are presented by this case. First, does representation by the public defender of multiple defendants in a criminal prosecution violate a defendant’s constitu tional right to effective assistance of counsel, absent a showing of facts indicating a possible conflict of interest among the defendants? Second, do separate judgments of conviction of burglary in the second degree and of grand larceny, relating to the same general set of events, violate a defendant’s constitutional and statutory protection against double jeopardy? The district court answered both questions…