Commonwealth v. Sims

¶ 1 Appellants, Joyce Sims et al., appeal from the order entered on January 27, 2000, denying their motion to disqualify the District Attorney’s Office of Columbia County (DA’s Office). We affirm.

¶ 2 The factual and procedural history of the case is as follows. Hugh Sumner, Esq., is the Chief Public Defender in the Columbia County Public Defender’s Office (PD’s Office). Attorney John W. McDanel was an Assistant Public Defender from January 25, 1998, until he resigned on December 3, 1999. He resigned because he was elected District Attorney for Columbia County on November 2, 1999. Attorney…