People v. Pico

We have consolidated for opinion the appeals of Jesse Pico and Rudy Mauricio, as they were convicted together following a joint jury trial and seek reversal on similar grounds. These codefendants, who were tried with Paul Mauricio, assert that they were denied their constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel because one attorney’s representation of all three codefendants presented a conflict of interest and because the admission of Paul Mauricio’s statement denied them their sixth amendment right to confrontation. We agree and therefore reverse and remand for a new trial.

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