Newby v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In 1993, Alan R. Newby was convicted of murdering a Fairbanks man named Mark Lacy. Three years later, Newby petitioned the superior court for post-conviction relief. In his petition, Newby asserted that he received ineffective assistance from his trial attorney, Dick Madson. Newby contended that Madson might have defended him better in various ways, but Newby’s primary allegation was that Madson should not have represented him at all because Madson had a conflict of interest.

Superior Court Judge Mary E. Greene found that Madson had not had a conflict of interest, and…