Legal Opinion
Neftaly Rodriguez v. Nedra Chandler, Warden, Dixon Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 2004No. 03-4147PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Several months prior to Neftaly Rodriguez’s trial for murder, the prosecutor filed a motion to disqualify Joseph Brent as one of his lawyers. Brent also represented detective John McMurray in an unrelated real estate deal. The prosecutor told the judge that McMurray was an “integral part of the case” against Rodriguez because he had participated in the investigation of one of Rodriguez’s co-defendants. According to the prosecutor, Brent’s simultaneous representation of Rodriguez and McMurray created a “per se conflict of interest”. The thinking was not spelled out…
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