Legal Opinion

JAMES EARL BLACKMON v. DAVID D. LEWIS

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 29, 2016No. 14-CF-868PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUIZ, Senior Judge:

In this appeal, appellant James Black-mon claims that he is entitled to reversal of his convictions and a new trial because his appointed counsel had a continuing conflict of interest as a result of an error made in the course of considering the government’s plea offer. We conclude that the trial court recognized the actual conflict of interest that was presented and addressed it in an appropriate manner by appointing other counsel to advise concerning the. plea offer, and that the record does not support that there was a realistic possibility of lingering conflict that…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Douglas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Polk v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
  2. Blackmon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
  3. Greene v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2022

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