Legal Opinion
Austin v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 27, 1992No. 155, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in this criminal case to review the petitioner’s contention that his trial counsel labored under an actual conflict of interest which requires a reversal of the convictions. The asserted conflict of interest arose when law partners continued to represent codefendants in a criminal trial after one of the codefendants elected to testify against the other.
I
The pertinent facts are as follows. The petitioner, Leroy Jerry. Austin, was one of seven , initial codefendants, all charged with particular violations of the laws regulating…
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