Geiger v. State

This cause came on before us on a motion filed by the public defender for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to withdraw as counsel of record in connection with the present appeal because of an asserted conflict of interest between himself and the appellant. The public defender alleges that the appellant desires to argue before this court as a ground for reversal that he did not have competent counsel in the trial court. Since the appellant was represented by the public defender during trial, the public defender contends that a conflict of interest now arises between himself and the appellant.

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