Legal Opinion
People v. Cristin
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 2010PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ralph Fabrizio, J.
In these cases, the court is presented with the question of whether to exercise its discretion and relieve an attorney from representing a client because of an acknowledged conflict arising out of the prior representation of a codefendant in the same matter. In one case, defendant Omarys Cristin is represented by retained counsel, Ronald Rubenstein, who had also been retained to represent codefendant Wanda Palmero on that same case, and did so for nearly 11 months. Ms. Palmero is now represented by counsel from the 18-B panel, Jeffrey Horn, assigned by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
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