Williams v. Jones

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S APPLICATION FOR THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS PETITION

TARNOW, District Judge.

Petitioner Rocelious Williams has filed an application for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The habeas petition challenges Petitioner’s state court conviction for a narcotics offense. The Court has concluded for reasons given below that Petitioner was denied his constitutional right to conflict-free representation and that his waiver of the right was not voluntary and intelligent. Therefore, the habeas petition must be granted.

I. Background

In 1999 Petitioner and…