State v. Smith

I concur in the dissent of Mr. Chief Justice Crockett and in support thereof, comment further as follows.

In reversing the trial court, the main opinion quotes from People v. Superior Court.1 That case is an intermediate appellate court decision, which, of course, we need not espouse, particularly since it is factually inapposite. The court there held that counsel had a conflict of interest when the two defendants he was representing were offered inconsistent plea bargains, although both defendants declined the offers. *701Such is not at all comparable to the facts of this case. Schumacher had…