Burden v. Zant

In Burden v. Zant, 498 U. S. 433 (1991) (per curiam), we reversed a judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which had upheld denial of habeas relief on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel due to conflict of interest. The case is before us again on a petition seeking review of the decision rendered on remand, 975 F. 2d 771 (1992), in which the Court of Appeals once again rejected Burden’s claim that he had been deprived of the right to be represented by counsel free of conflict of interest.

In our earlier unanimous per curiam opinion, we held that the courts below…