Legal Opinion
People v. Frisco
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 12, 2005No. 05SA17PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COATS, Justice.
David Frisco, a criminal defendant charged in a multi-count grand jury indictment, petitioned pursuant to C.AR. 21 for relief from the district court's pre-trial order disqualifying his chosen attorney. The district court ruled that disqualification was required by Rule 1.9(a) of the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct because the defendant's attorney did not have the consent of a former client, who was both an alleged co-conspirator and prospective prosecution witness, and whose expected testimony the defense would be forced to challenge and characterize as blame shifting.
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