Koza v. Eighth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Clark

OPINION

Petitioner seeks relief in prohibition to prevent the trial court from proceeding to trial on a criminal information which charges the petitioner with murder. The state is seeking the death penalty. Petitioner contends that she is entitled to disqualification of the Clark County Public Defender due to a conflict of interest resulting from previous representation of petitioner’s co-defendant, Joseph Koza, by the public defender’s office. Petitioner also alleges that the Clark County Public Defender cannot represent her because a deputy in that office will be called as a witness at her…