Legal Opinion
State v. JOANNA V.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 8, 2004No. 28,107PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOSSON, Justice.
{1} Joanna V. (Child) sought to set aside a plea based on her claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Child claims her defense counsel was ineffective due to an irreconcilable conflict of interest that arose when one attorney served as both her Guardian ad Litem (GAL), during abuse and neglect proceedings, and then as her defense attorney during delinquency proceedings. Although this dual relationship had the potential to become an actual, active conflict of interest, one which merited careful judicial scrutiny, we conclude that the record in this case does not…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. SosaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- State ex rel. Children, Youth & Families DepartmentNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2000
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
- State v. JOANNA V.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
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3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. Austin M.Illinois Supreme Court · 2012
- State v. LopezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2007
- State v. VincentNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
- State v. JanzenNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2007
- Gushwa v. HuntNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2008
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